Sylvain Fankhauser
Co-founder & Lead Developer at Association Petzi
Switzerland
Summary
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Top SchoolSylvain Fankhauser is a Swiss software engineer and co-founder with 14 years of experience building Python/Django web applications and leading product development. As Co-founder and Lead Developer at EHRO and a longtime web developer at Liip, he combines hands-on backend expertise with startup-level ownership. He contributes to notable open-source projects like the Wagtail CMS, where he improved Azure compatibility and modernized dependencies—work that reflects an attention to real-world deployment and long-term maintainability. Comfortable across cloud integrations and documentation, he also volunteers web development skills for Association Petzi, showing a commitment to community impact alongside commercial work. Trained in computer science at HEIG-VD with technical apprenticeship roots, he blends formal education and practical engineering discipline.
14 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Informatique, Bachelor of Science (BS), Informatique at HEIG-VDCFC & maturité professionnelle technique, Informatique, CFC & maturité professionnelle technique, Informatique at École Technique - École de Métiers Lausanne
French, English
Github Skills (7)
cms10
wagtail10
backend10
python10
back-end-development10
django10
dependency-management9
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
wagtail/wagtail
Apr 2020 - Jan 2023
A Django content management system focused on flexibility and user experience
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 3 commits, 4 PRs in 2 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Sylvain primarily contributed to improving the Wagtail CMS's backend functionality, specifically focusing on compatibility with Azure cloud services and dependency upgrades. They added backwards compatibility for Azure caching and upgraded the Azure libraries used by the project. Additionally, the user addressed documentation for image file formats and relaxed dependencies to allow the use of newer versions of other libraries.
cmsmanagement-systempythondjangouser-experience
asso-pea/mois-vegane.ch
Oct 2017 - Nov 2019
Contributions:107 pushes, 5 comments, 21 issues in 2 years 1 month
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