Maxime Lavandier
About Maxime Lavandier
Maxime Lavandier is a Senior DevOps Engineer at Squarepoint Capital, where he leads the transition of trading software to container and Kubernetes technology. He has extensive experience in building large-scale Kubernetes infrastructure and has worked in various engineering roles across multiple companies in France and the United Kingdom.
Current Role at Squarepoint Capital
Maxime Lavandier serves as a Senior DevOps Engineer at Squarepoint Capital, a position he has held since 2020 in London, England. In this role, he leads the transition of trading software to containerization and Kubernetes. He manages shared services, including Kafka, Consul, and Kubernetes, across a distributed team that spans Europe, Asia, and America. His expertise in DevOps practices contributes to the efficiency and scalability of the company's infrastructure.
Previous Experience at Witick and Scaleway
Prior to his current role, Lavandier worked at Witick as a DevOps Engineer from 2015 to 2018 in the Paris Area, France. During this time, he built infrastructure for large-scale Kubernetes clusters, both on-premise and on Google Cloud Platform. He then transitioned to Scaleway, where he served as Product Owner and Lead DevOps Engineer from 2018 to 2020, also in the Paris Area. His experience in these roles helped him develop a strong foundation in cloud technologies and infrastructure management.
Educational Background in Computer Engineering
Maxime Lavandier studied at the European Institute of Technology (EPITECH), where he focused on Computer Software Engineering and earned a Master in Computer Engineering from 2012 to 2017. He also attended California State University-Long Beach, studying Computer Science from 2015 to 2016. This educational background equipped him with the technical skills necessary for his career in software development and DevOps.
Technical Skills and Technologies Utilized
In his current position, Lavandier utilizes a wide range of technologies, including Argocd, Kubeflow, Knative, Istio, Terraform, Bamboo, Chef, Ansible, Kibana, Prometheus, and Grafana. His proficiency in these tools enhances his ability to manage complex infrastructures and implement effective DevOps practices. His experience with Kubernetes and containerization is particularly significant in his role at Squarepoint Capital.
Early Career and Additional Roles
Lavandier began his career as an Embedded Software Developer at VITIROVER in 2011 for three months in Saint Emilion, France. He later worked at 1001Pneus as a Software and Infrastructure Engineer from 2014 to 2015 in Bordeaux, France, and at Etix Everywhere as an Embedded Software Engineer for four months in Luxembourg in 2015. These early roles contributed to his development as a software engineer and provided foundational experience in various technical environments.