Sylvère Richard
Site Reliability Engineer at Google
Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
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Top SchoolSylvère Richard is a Tech Lead based in Luxembourg with 11 years of software engineering experience, combining enterprise banking and public-sector expertise. He has led teams at CSSF and Pictet Technologies, shipping reliable backend systems and driving architectural decisions in regulated environments. A pragmatic Java specialist, he contributes to notable open-source projects such as Glowroot (Java APM) and the EWS Java API, improving Docker support, testing, and concurrency robustness. His background spans finance, healthcare research, and consulting, giving him a strong sense for operational resilience and compliance. Collected from long stints at major institutions, his work demonstrates a focus on maintainability—migrating tests to JUnit5 and updating critical dependencies to reduce technical debt. He pairs hands-on coding with leadership, translating complex requirements into practical, well-tested solutions.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Prépa PSI Physique Science de l'Ingénieur, Prépa PSI Physique Science de l'Ingénieur at Lycée Gustave Eiffel (Bordeaux)ingénieur informatique, ingénieur informatique at ISIMA
French, English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (16)
unit-testing10
javas10
docker10
dockers10
java10
mockito9
junit9
configuration-management8
concurrency8
grpc8
testing8
infinispan8
build-automation7
xml7
ubuntu6
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
OfficeDev/ews-java-api
Mar 2015 - Apr 2015
A java client library to access Exchange web services. The API works against Office 365 Exchange Online as well as on premises Exchange.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 13 PRs, 42 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Sylvère primarily focused on improving the robustness and reliability of the Exchange Web Services (EWS) Java API. Their contributions include fixing NullPointerExceptions, improving concurrency through double-checked locking, and addressing issues related to file attachment handling and Autodiscover service interactions. They also added unit tests to validate the fixes and enhancements, demonstrating a commitment to code quality.
exchange-onlineexchange-web-servicesjavaoffice365
glowroot/glowroot
Jun 2019 - Apr 2022
Easy to use, very low overhead, Java APM
Role in this project:Backend & DevOps Engineer
Backend & DevOps EngineerContributions:18 reviews, 11 commits, 32 PRs in 2 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Sylvère primarily contributed to the project by implementing changes related to Docker support, environment variable configurations, and Java testing. They added features for Docker secrets and setting the UI context path. Additionally, the user migrated the project to JUnit5 and updated various dependencies including infinispan and gRPC. The user also made several fixes in areas such as proxy weaving and asynchronous servlet handling.
java
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