Florent Collin

Master Student in Computer Science

Belgium

SUMMARY

Cloud developer with mostly back-end experience, I am currently focusing on learning AWS development, low-level programming, and graphics rendering.
I always challenge myself and work hard to exceed expectations. In a team environment, I seek to learn from my coworkers while working toward our goals.

EDUCATION

Master in Computer Science

2020 – 2022 | University of Mons (UMons)

Graduated with High Distinction: 17.00/20 avg.

Bachelor in Computer Science

2017 – 2020 | University of Mons (UMons)

Graduated with Distinction: 15.03/20 avg.

High School (CESS)

2010 – 2017 | Institut Notre-Dame de Bonne-Espérance

Option: Sciences and Mathematics

PROJECTS

Cave Generator Tutorial Using the Bevy Engine

2022 | Rust, Bevy

  • › Implementation of a cave generator based on Cellular Automata theory using Rust and the Bevy game engine.
  • › Wrote a tutorial presenting Bevy, how to create a cave generator and an explanation of the code.

Multiplayer Turn-Based Game · Slay

2019 | Java, Gradle, LibGDX

  • › Developed a multiplayer game over a network connection where each player must fight their enemies with soldiers to gain territory.
  • › A server was developed in Java with a multi-threaded approach to handle several game rooms concurrently.

Puzzle Game · Baba is You

2018 | Java, JavaFX

  • › Recreated the first levels of the famous game: Baba is You. A puzzle game where the player can change the rules by pushing blocks and win in many different ways.

LANGUAGES

French: Native

English: B2 (Upper-Intermediate)

EXPERIENCE

Cloud Developer

August 2022 – Present | Necko Technologies

Intern Cloud Developer

August 2021 – October 2021 | Necko Technologies

  • › Development and deployement of a bridge between two APIs using AWS (API Gateway, Lambda, DynamoDB).
  • › Utilization of AWS CDK to deploy the Cloud infrastructure using TypeScript code.
  • › Developed a GraphQL API with a Dynamo database providing an interface allowing users to register for games, fill out forms and belong to a group.

Student Assistant

2018 – Present | UMons

  • › Assisted over 100 first-year students during their hands-on programming and algorithmic classes in Python and Java.

Algorithms Lab's Intern

August 2020 | UMons

  • › Developed and implemented a time-based shortest path algorithm in C++ using QGIS and OpenStreetMap.
  • › Optimized the code to calculate in the order of milliseconds the fastest paths to reach any node in a city graph with thousands of nodes and edges.

Back-end Developer

July 2020 | Open Summer of Code

  • › Built a system to decentralize electoral data and provide a simple interface for citizens to access that data.
  • › Designed and implemented the data pipeline from the candidate forms to the front-end using Link Data, Solid and a Python API.

Back-end Developer

July 2019 | Open Summer of Code

  • › Built a Node.Js/React website that shows the quality of Dutch mobility data on a map.
  • › Developed the back-end server using PostGIS to process geospatial queries.

SKILLS

Programming Languages

  • Rust
  • Python
  • C++
  • C
  • Java
  • Go
  • TypeScript

DevOps

  • Docker
  • Docker-Compose
  • Git
  • GitHub
  • AWS Pipeline
  • JetBrains Space

Databases

  • PostgreSQL
  • SQLite
  • DynamoDB
  • MongoDB

Other Skills

  • AWS
  • Linux
  • Bash