Alexandre Dutra
Senior Software Engineer at Dremio
Paris, Ile-de-France
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Top SchoolAlexandre Dutra is a Senior Software Engineer based in Paris with 14 years of experience specializing in Java, Go and Big Data technologies, currently working at Dremio. He spent nearly a decade at DataStax driving adoption and engineering around the Cassandra ecosystem and running Cassandra on Kubernetes. An active open-source contributor, he has improved the Apache Cassandra Java driver and enhanced Apache Iceberg’s Nessie integration, and contributed practical DevOps work to K8ssandra including backup and deployment improvements. He holds a Master’s in IT and, unusually for an engineer, a DEA in musicology—an interdisciplinary background that surfaces in a methodical yet creative approach to system design.
14 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
DEA (pre-doctorate diploma), Musicology, DEA (pre-doctorate diploma), Musicology at Université Paris-SorbonneNational Conservatory of Arts and Crafts
English, Portuguese, French
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Github Skills (39)
asynchronous10
kubernetes10
cassandra10
async10
testing10
java10
javas10
go10
helm10
apache-iceberg10
maven10
ice10
cassandra-database10
kubernetes-pod10
api-design9
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
apache/cassandra-java-driver
Feb 2015 - Feb 2022
Java Driver for Apache Cassandra®
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:8 releases, 177 reviews, 1123 commits in 7 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Alexandre contributed to the Apache Cassandra Java Driver by exposing channel configuration options and modifying code related to asynchronous result sets. The user also made code adjustments to improve the visibility of the `Conversions` class members and implemented the propagation of a custom payload when preparing a statement. These changes demonstrate expertise in improving the driver's functionality and adapting it to the latest advancements in the Cassandra ecosystem.
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k8ssandra/k8ssandra
May 2021 - Sep 2022
K8ssandra is an open-source distribution of Apache Cassandra for Kubernetes including API services and operational tooling.
Role in this project:DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:53 reviews, 11 commits, 13 PRs in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Alexandre primarily contributed to the integration tests and deployment configurations within the K8ssandra project. Their work included refactoring tests to use the Reaper Go client and implementing Azure support for Medusa backups. Additionally, the user addressed issues related to Traefik versions and made adjustments to deployment steps for Stargate and Reaper. These changes focused on improving the testing process, expanding backup capabilities, and resolving dependencies.
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