William Hiver
Software Engineer at Microsoft
Paris, Ile-de-France
Summary
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Top SchoolWilliam Hiver is a Paris-based software engineer with 11 years of experience building web and cloud solutions, currently at Microsoft after progressing from internships into a full-time engineering role. A graduate of INSA Lyon with international study in Jyväskylä, he combines strong academic foundations with practical experience in IoT, data pipelines and scalable architectures using tools like Kafka, NiFi and ELK. He focuses on front-end web development and UX improvements—contributing to notable open-source projects such as the widely referenced COVID-19 scenarios app by enhancing its import and file-upload UI. Naturally curious and polyglot in technologies, he enjoys exploring new domains and turning research-grade components into production-ready features. Colleagues know him for pragmatic problem-solving around performance and data ingestion at scale, plus a knack for making complex data workflows accessible through clean interfaces.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Baccalauréat scientifique, S (Spécialité Mathématiques), Mention Très Bien, Baccalauréat scientifique, S (Spécialité Mathématiques), Mention Très Bien at Lycée Les HabergesDiplôme d'ingénieur, Informatique, Diplôme d'ingénieur, Informatique at Institut national des Sciences appliquées de LyonLicence, Informatique, Mention Très Bien, Licence, Informatique, Mention Très Bien at Université de Franche-ComtéMaster's degree, Technologies de l''information, Master's degree, Technologies de l''information at University of Jyväskylä
Github Skills (10)
component-development10
uid10
typescript10
javascript10
typescripts10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
file-upload10
react10
typescript-types10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
neherlab/covid19_scenarios
Apr 2020 - Apr 2020
Models of COVID-19 outbreak trajectories and hospital demand
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:35 commits, 2 PRs, 32 comments in 18 days
Contributions summary:William's commits primarily focus on developing the front-end components of the application. They implemented an "Import" button and its associated dialog, allowing users to upload and integrate custom data. The commits also include integrating a file upload zone and enhancing the styling of the dropzone component, further improving the user interface. The user also updated display of imported data, and added a feature to toggle imported data display.
hospitaldatancovoutbreakscience
whiver/PIRATES
Nov 2015 - May 2016
Contributions:50 commits, 37 pushes, 8 branches in 6 months
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