Guillaume Thibault
Software Developer
Experience
Ploomber (YC W22)
contractor - Software Engineer
Remote - New York
Aug 2024 - Present
- Full-stack developer for cloud-native Python deployment platform, automating infrastructure provisioning
- Reduced user friction through targeted improvements, increasing conversion rates
- Developed AI debugging agent that automatically resolves deployment failures, cutting support tickets by 80%
- Established comprehensive brand design and visual identity for marketing website
- Working under the CEO on product initiatives and marketing campaigns
Flojoy
Software Engineer
Montreal, Canada
Jan 2024 - May 2024
- Led development of an open-source alternative to TestStand with cloud-based data analytics, targeting major companies in medical robotics, defense contracting (drones), and automotive industries. Delivered MVP within 3 months as part of a 4-person core team
- Supported founder in sales initiatives, helping secure trials with 3 companies in target industries
- Transitioned from working at the company's seed investor to the product development team, supporting the company's pivot
Boreal Ventures - Venture Capitalist
Analyst Seed Stage
Montreal, Canada
Apr 2023 - Dec 2023
- Conducted in-depth market analysis across diverse technical domains including AI, medical devices, carbon storage, and SaaS
- Developed investment return models and investment memoranda for science-focused companies, presented to the investment committee
- Contributed to investment decisions for startups including Flojoy, Palisade, Femtum, and SamiAgtech
Tesla
Software Engineer Intern
Palo Alto, California, US
Summer - 2022
- Reverse engineering of a Product Data Modeller (3D Experience) to programmatically access data from a Java GRPC microservice & Refactoring of a Java microservice
Skills
Programming
Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, Rust, Go, SQL, Machine Learning, Data science, Product Design, UI/UX, Linux, k8s, AWS
Language
French, English
Education
Polytechnique Montreal
B.S Software Engineering
Montreal, Canada
2018 - 2021
- Extra Minor in finance with a focus on sustainable investment & innovation; Enriched by 3 master courses and two international seminars in Europe and Japan
- Internship - Software Engieer Intern: Pratt & Whitney, Innocap, Desjardins
Polytechnique Montreal
Master in Artificial Intelligence
Montreal, Canada
2021 - 2023
- Project was done with a pension fund to introduce methods for analyzing sentiment in a currency hedging model while ensuring explainability of results
- Presented at Tokyo Tech University in Japan
Extracurricular
Data Focus Hackathon
Organizer
Polytechnique Montreal
- Promoted data science through the organization of the first two editions of the Polytechnique data science hackathon
- More than 50 participants in graduate study per edition with more than 8 corporate sponsors
Projects
- A desktop app allowing user to record and summarize any call automatically. Developed as a side Project while at Boreal Ventures. (250+ stars on GitHub)
- Various projects from infra/linux to autonomous robots → see https://latent.blog