Xavier Michelon
Software Engineer at ProtonMail
Préverenges, Vaud, Switzerland
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Top SchoolXavier Michelon is a software engineer with a decade of hands-on experience building reliable back-end systems, currently based in Préverenges, Switzerland. He has contributed significant backend logic to the widely used ProtonMail Bridge project, focusing on IMAP/SMTP behavior, edge-case handling, and secure connection management. Comfortable navigating complex email protocols, he delivers pragmatic fixes and feature work that improve real-world interoperability and reliability. Originally from France and active on GitHub, he blends disciplined engineering with a practical, user-focused approach. Outside work he’s an avid gamer, a detail that surfaces in his methodical yet playful problem-solving style.
10 years of coding experience
UTBM
French, English
Stackoverflow
11reputation
678reached
1answer
0questions
Github Skills (11)
smtpd10
error-handling10
go10
smtp10
smtps10
imap10
testing10
api-design9
video-processing6
ffmpeg6
sdl6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
ProtonMail/proton-bridge
Sep 2021 - Jan 2023
Proton Mail Bridge application
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:131 commits, 1 PR, 1 tag in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Xavier primarily contributed to the backend logic of the Proton Mail Bridge application. Their work focused on implementing and refining IMAP and SMTP functionalities, including handling MOVE commands, message appending, and integrating archive functionality. Key contributions involved addressing specific edge cases and error conditions related to email operations within the application, and ensuring functionality such as setting SSL, and handling connection modes.
bridgemailproton
xmichelo/Beeftext
Sep 2017 - Dec 2022
A text snippet tool for Windows.
Contributions:45 releases, 876 commits, 16 PRs in 5 years 4 months
cpptextexpanderwindowsproductivitytext-snippets
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