Fullstack Software Engineer – Linux Systems & Security

Passionate about designing reliable and high-performance systems, I have solid experience in software, web, and embedded development, with a strong background in Linux and security.
Curious and pragmatic, I enjoy working on complete projects where I can contribute from architecture to production deployment.

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Professional Experience

2016 - 2025, R&D Engineer at Trusted Objects

Startup of about 10 people in Aix-en-Provence, France, specialized in security for industrial IoT.

Development in C of the operating system for a Secure Element dedicated to IoT. Implementation of ECIES, AES modes GCM and CCM, and CMAC.
Customer support for integrating this solution into their products.

Work on a programming and personalization system for production lines, designed to prevent counterfeiting, overproduction, and API theft.
Development of the VueJS web interface, business layers, and Python REST API.

Design of a virtual machine management tool based on libvirt (Qemu/KVM).

Implementation of a unified development environment for team projects involving multiple software components, including a Jenkins CI/CD pipeline.

2010 - 2016, Technical Leader in Digital TV and Security Lead at Wyplay

Company of over 100 employees in Allauch, France, developing solutions for digital TV operators.

Cybersecurity lead on a project involving about 50 engineers. Supervised a 5-person team handling hardening and LXC isolation.
Project obtained Cisco certification for content security compliance.

Development in C/C++ and Python on DVB and multimedia software stacks, participation in software architecture.

2009 (3 months), 2010 (6 months), Engineering Internships at Wyplay, System Team

Reduced standby power consumption on set-top boxes using Linux kernel power management. Added sleep/wake-up support in several kernel modules.

Specification and development in C of an in situ microcontroller programmer via the SPI bus.

2006 (3 months), DUT Internship at Port Autonome de Marseille, France, Maintenance Department

Developed a technical room monitoring system using the SNMP protocol.

Technical Projects

My personal and collaborative projects are presented on my website https://mathieu-abati.com.

2010 - 2023, MyBookImmo
Specification and implementation of a full web platform for real estate management, developed in collaboration with a real estate agent within a micro-enterprise framework.

Technical Skills

Languages: C (expert, on PC and microcontrollers), Python, C++, Bash.

Linux: system administration, isolation and containerization (Docker, LXC, Qemu/KVM).
Embedded Linux: power management, kernel modules, cross-compilation, Secure Boot.

Web frontend: HTML5 / CSS / JavaScript and VueJS (strong proficiency), NuxtJS, Electron.
Web backend: Python Flask, Redis, SQL.

Cryptography: ECC, RSA, AES, X.509, ASN.1, mutual authentication, TLS.
Security: side-channel attack mitigation, product hardening and certification.

Tools: Git (strong proficiency), unit and functional testing tools, Jenkins.

Networking: strong knowledge of IP networks, Zigbee, LoRa.

Languages

English: professional level (technical writing, TOEIC 775).
Spanish: intermediate level.

Education

2008-2010, École Supérieure d’Ingénieurs de Luminy, Marseille, France

Major in Computer Science, specialization in Embedded and Real-Time Systems.

Other

Practice and teaching of Taekwonkido, 2^nd dan FFTDA.
Taekwondo Hapkido Club of Marseille.

First Aid Certificate (PSC1).
obtained in 2024 from the French Red Cross.

Parametric 3D modeling (FreeCAD) and digital electronics (KiCAD).