Guillaume Besson
Founder at Modddif
Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
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Top SchoolGuillaume Besson is a founder and seasoned full-stack engineer with 14 years of experience building and scaling high-traffic SaaS and real-time systems, now leading Modddif, an AI-driven 3D editing tool for professionals. He has repeatedly grown and structured engineering teams (from small startups to 30+ developers) and delivered production-grade platforms for generative AI, end-to-end encrypted collaboration, and large-scale streaming. Technically fluent across Node.js, TypeScript, React, PostgreSQL, Redis and Kubernetes, he also architected cost-efficient multi-cloud GPU clusters and offline-first data models. His background includes real-world peaks—deploying solutions handling hundreds of thousands of concurrent users and CDNs across 10+ countries—and a track record of open-source contributions visible on GitHub. Based in Lyon, he combines hands-on implementation with product-oriented leadership and a knack for pragmatic scaling choices that favor both performance and cost.
14 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
EpitechBaccalaureat Scientifique, Baccalaureat Scientifique at Lycée Charles de FoucauldBrevet des collèges, Brevet des collèges at Collège Charles de Foucauld
English, French, Spanish
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Github Skills (200)
backup10
apollo-client10
arduino-library10
audio-player10
multiroom-audio10
javascript10
encoder10
exchange10
audio10
android-launcher10
music10
angularjs-directive10
sonos10
synchronization10
audio-streaming10
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
geekuillaume/Node.js-Chat
Apr 2012 - Apr 2015
A good-looking Node.js + Socket.io chat application, built with Bootstrap and other beautiful libs. Totally commented.
Contributions:6 commits, 1 PR, 1 push in 3 years
bootstrapnodejs
geekuillaume/node-speex-resampler
Jan 2020 - Jul 2020
An implementation of Speex audio resampler on NodeJS with N-API
Contributions:21 releases, 51 commits, 1 PR in 6 months
audionapinodejsresamplerspeex
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