Loïc Damien

Software Engineer • Rust, C, Python • Swiss

Profile

I am an experienced and passionate software engineer. Although specialized in low-level development, I am curious, versatile, love learning new things and I have experiences in various fields of IT, especially with personal projects. I quickly adapt to new technologies and enthusiastically tackle complex technical challenges.

Professional Experience

March 2025 – now — Measure AI (assurance-invalidité), Polyval Foundation, Nyon

  • Development of a GUI app for internal use (technologies: Rust, Tauri, Leptos)
  • Various administrative tasks
  • Various manual tasks

2020–2022 — Senior Software Engineer, CYSEC SA

  • Designed, developed, and validated embedded software and firmware for mission-critical systems
  • Implemented and optimized classical and post-quantum cryptographic algorithms on FPGA
  • Integrated and tested software/hardware in real-time environments
  • Contributed to software hardening and security.

2017–2020 — Software Engineer, ID Quantique SA

  • Contributed to R&D projects including TACO, Holdon, and ID900 Time Controller.
  • Designed and developed embedded software on STM32 (C/C++) and application-level UIs in C#.
  • Defined modular software architectures with reusable interfaces and components.
  • Improved tooling and CI/CD processes, with a focus on Git/GitLab CI guidelines and deployment.

Education

2014–2017 — Bachelor of Science HES-SO in Information Technology Engineering, hepia, Geneva

Specialization in hardware computing
Bachelor’s project: FPGA architecture for true random number generation (post-processing of random numbers from a QRNG with an FPGA)

2012–2014 — Diplôme de technicien ES en informatique, CFP Technique, Geneva

Diploma project: Metaheuristics accelerated by GPGPU. Implemented in Python and OpenCL

2008–2012 — CFC d’informaticien généraliste, CFP Technique, Geneva

Final training project: Ethernet frame analysis application to extract authentication parameters from insecure protocols. Implemented in Delphi.

Personal Projects

Git repositories: gitlab.com/dzamlogithub.com/dzamlo

Languages

French — Native language
English — Very good oral and written comprehension, good written expression.

Computer Skills

Languages: Rust, C, Python, Bash, HTML/CSS
Other: Git, GNU/Linux

Contact: loic.damien@dzamlo.ch