Sylvain Senechal
Software Engineer - Backend at Tiktok
Singapore
Summary
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Top SchoolSylvain Senechal is a backend software engineer with nine years of experience, currently building scalable systems at TikTok from his base in Singapore. He brings a research-minded approach—grounded in a CS master's from Sorbonne and a prior research internship at EDF focused on no-reference image quality assessment and face detection—to production backend work. Comfortable bridging academia and industry, he has deep familiarity with computer vision problems while focusing his career on robust backend engineering. His background in rigorous French prépa and Parisian universities suggests strong analytical foundations and persistence in tackling complex problems. Colleagues can expect a pragmatic engineer who pairs research curiosity with hands-on systems delivery.
9 years of coding experience
Master's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at Sorbonne UniversitéClasses Préparatoires aux Grandes Ecoles, BCPST, Classes Préparatoires aux Grandes Ecoles, BCPST at Lycée Lakanal, SceauxBachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Université Paris-Saclay
Github Skills (2)
ray2
typescript1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
SylvainSenechal/Ray-Tracing
Jun 2020 - Jan 2025
Ray Tracing in One Weekend
Contributions:25 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 8 months
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SylvainSenechal/Dating-App-Backend
Oct 2021 - Oct 2022
Contributions:26 commits, 87 pushes in 1 year
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