Summary
Sylvain Ribstein is a software engineer based in Lyon with 11 years of experience building reliable, algorithm-focused systems, currently contributing at Nomadic Labs. He has deep interest and practical experience in functional programming and formal methods, demonstrated by internships producing Coq/Ssreflect proofs and OCaml modules for reactive programming. His background spans applied roles in blockchain and research-adjacent teams (Cryptium Labs, Heliax) and consultancy, showing an ability to move between rigorous theory and production engineering. Motivated by crafting deterministic, resource-aware algorithms, he blends academic rigor from Université Paris Diderot and international exposure at San Francisco State with hands-on delivery in industry. An understated strength is his focus on efficiency trade-offs (time, memory, parallelism) rather than just feature delivery, making him well suited for systems and protocol engineering.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Graduate, Computer Science, Graduate, Computer Science at San Francisco State University
Licence, Computer Science, Licence, Computer Science at Université Denis Diderot (Paris VII)
Master 2 (M2), Computer Science, 15/20, Master 2 (M2), Computer Science, 15/20 at Université Paris Diderot
French, English, Spanish