Simon Thepot
Lead Developer at Altelis
Redon, Brittany, France
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Top SchoolSimon Thepot is a Lead Developer with 15 years of experience specializing in Elixir and functional programming, front-end engineering (React/JavaScript), and pragmatic devops practices. Based in Redon, Brittany, he has a strong track record of remote-first delivery and leads technical decisions for projects spanning Phoenix/LiveView, JamStack, and complex order-management systems. His career includes building offline-capable pickers and OMS workflows for major clients using Elixir backed by Riak, and contributions to Django-based tooling that improved compatibility and testing. A Linux, Git and Vim aficionado, he brings a practical open-source ethos and a penchant for learning adjacent domains like GIS to enrich product features. Colleagues rely on him for thoughtful architecture, clean testing practices, and bridging backend workflows with polished frontends.
15 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master2, Computer Science, Management, Master2, Computer Science, Management at Université de Rennes IMaster 1, Computer Science, Management, Master 1, Computer Science, Management at Nantes Université
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Github Skills (17)
database-migrations10
python10
django10
database-migration10
testing9
bug-tracker9
bugzilla9
ticks8
html6
dom6
kendo-ui6
mvvm6
jquery6
acid6
javascript6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
django-helpdesk/django-helpdesk
Jan 2015 - Jan 2015
A Django application to manage tickets for an internal helpdesk. Formerly known as Jutda Helpdesk.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:6 commits, 1 PR, 7 comments in 1 day
Contributions summary:Simon primarily contributed to enhancing the Django-based helpdesk application. Their work involved migrating user settings with data migrations to ensure compatibility with older Django versions. They fixed bugs, specifically related to Django compatibility and loading initial data, and refactored test configurations. Their contributions centered around the core application logic and database interactions, focusing on functionality and compatibility.
casespythonservicedesktrackerinternal
djcoin/django-unaccent
May 2012 - Jul 2015
Integration of nice operators to the django ORM for unaccented search in postgresql
Contributions:10 commits, 1 PR, 1 push in 3 years 2 months
pythondjangopostgresqldjango-ormorm
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