Sylvain Bégou
Ingénieur D'études Et Développement at Sopra Steria
France
Summary
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Top SchoolSylvain Bégou is a seasoned full-stack engineer with 12 years’ experience building Java/Spring backends and Angular frontends, currently contributing to RTE’s OCAPPI project at Sopra Steria. He blends enterprise-grade microservices and DevOps practices with a passion for front-end polish, evidenced by UI-driven contributions to open-source projects like a Phaser 2D game framework and a Pokemon Auto Chess fan game. At Worldline he’s worked in DevRel and mobile development, giving him both developer advocacy instincts and practical Android experience. His open-source work focuses on improving developer DX—type definitions, JSDoc and playground tooling—showing attention to precision and usability beyond shipping features. Based in France and educated at Polytech Lyon, he pairs solid engineering fundamentals with creative coding and amateur game development.
12 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Baccalauréat S, Spécialité mathématiques, Baccalauréat S, Spécialité mathématiques at Lycée du DioisDUT informatique, Programmation / développement informatique, général, DUT informatique, Programmation / développement informatique, général at IUT de ValenceDiplôme d'ingénieur, Informatique, Diplôme d'ingénieur, Informatique at Polytech Lyon
Github Skills (16)
html10
css10
uid10
typescript10
postcss10
javascript10
phaser10
typescripts10
game-development10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
react10
typescript-types10
game-dev10
user-interface8
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
sylvainpolletvillard/postcss-grid-kiss
Nov 2016 - Jun 2022
A PostCSS plugin to keep CSS grids stupidly simple
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:17 releases, 229 commits, 8 PRs in 5 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Sylvain's commits primarily involve modifications to the `postcss-grid-kiss` plugin, aimed at improving the playground functionality. The changes include removing autoprefixer to the playground bundle, setting the node.source for new nodes, preserving declaration order, updating the playground with new presets, and providing a way to select preset examples. These changes mainly focus on the user interface and functionality related to the plugin's demonstration and usability, indicating a focus on front-end development.
keepgridscssfont-sizepostcss
keldaanCommunity/pokemonAutoChess
Jan 2023 - Jan 2023
Pokemon Auto Chess Game. Made by fans for fans. Open source, non profit. All rights to the Pokemon Company.
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:120 reviews, 36 commits, 1935 PRs in 17 days
Contributions summary:Sylvain primarily focused on enhancing the user interface and gameplay experience for the Pokemon Auto Chess game. Their contributions included modifying the visual presentation of in-game elements such as pokemon portraits, player titles, and tooltips. They integrated new components, such as a synergy icon, and redesigned existing menus. The user also worked on improving the shop interface.
autochesspythonpokemon-auto-chessfans
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