Bénédikt Tran
Software Engineer at Macroscope
Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
Summary
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Top SchoolBénédikt Tran is a software engineer and Python core developer with nine years of experience, a PhD in post-quantum code-based cryptography, and a strong track record in both open-source and applied cryptography. He maintains key pieces of the Python ecosystem—contributing to CPython and as a maintainer of the widely used Sphinx documentation generator—focusing on backend robustness, type handling, and edge-case fixes. His work includes implementing RFC-compliant UUID versions and hardening memory- and performance-sensitive areas of Python, reflecting a rare blend of systems-level engineering and cryptographic research. He has implemented MPC protocols in C/C++, built compilers for secure computation, and taught advanced CS courses at EPFL, bridging academic rigor with production engineering. Based in Lausanne, he also has an unexpected background in professional recorder performance, underscoring a disciplined, detail-oriented mindset that informs both code and research.
9 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Flûte à bec, 5.5 (max: 6.0), Bachelor of Arts - BA, Flûte à bec, 5.5 (max: 6.0) at Haute Ecole de Musique de LausanneDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
French, English, German
Github Skills (14)
regular-expression10
typehinting10
type-inference10
type-checking10
refactoring10
restructuredtext10
python10
sphinx10
documentation10
refactor10
latex9
code-migration9
develop8
uuid7
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
python/cpython
Nov 2022 - Jul 2026
The Python programming language
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:4570 reviews, 1104 PRs, 478 pushes in 3 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Bénédikt focused on code modernization, specifically improving the codebase in the Python programming language. Their contributions involve refactoring existing code, such as enhancing multi-line macros, and adding enhancements to enhance specific features of the Python language, for example, introducing support for additional UUID versions or handling improvements to the `time.sleep()` function. The user also implemented various bug fixes and quality improvements.
programming-languagepython
sphinx-doc/sphinx
Mar 2023 - Jun 2026
The Sphinx documentation generator
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:879 reviews, 209 PRs, 114 pushes in 3 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Bénédikt's contributions primarily focused on enhancing the Sphinx documentation generator, with a focus on the autodoc extension. Their work included implementing support for type comments within the PropertyDocumenter, fixing issues in the TeX output related to duplicated labels, improving the logic for fallback elements, and addressing an issue with the handling of Literal annotations in the Python domain. They also made improvements to the codebase by fixing edge cases and improving the behavior in certain scenarios.
documentation-generatorpythondocumentation-toolsphinxmarkdown
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