Staff Engineer with 15+ years building and scaling engineering systems from safety-critical embedded software to data-driven SaaS platforms. Grew an engineering org from 4 to 30+ across data science, data engineering, and web, while staying hands-on with architecture and code quality. Deep roots in applied mathematics, optimization, and control theory; equally fluent in code, system design, and cross-team technical leadership.

Experience
Staff Engineer Dec 2023 – Present
Mytraffic · Paris · Location analytics SaaS
  • Led stack unification following a 2024 acquisition, aligning engineering practices across two teams
  • Architected and launched a new LLM-based product from design to production, establishing the core platform patterns for future AI features
  • Define and own engineering standards across data science, data engineering, and web; serve as technical force-multiplier, mentoring senior engineers and resolving cross-team dependencies
  • Shape the multi-year technical roadmap in alignment with product and business strategy
CTO Mar 2019 – Dec 2023
Mytraffic · Paris · Location analytics SaaS
  • Grew the engineering org from 4 to 30+ across data science, data engineering, and web, supporting ARR growth from 500K€ to 12M€
  • Owned end-to-end technical delivery: 1TB+ daily data pipelines, production ML systems, web platform, cloud infra, and security; kept cloud costs at ~10K/month throughout rapid growth
  • Built engineering culture from scratch: hiring, onboarding, and career frameworks; achieved low attrition, with a significant share of the team still active 5+ years later
  • Passed CNIL GDPR and third-party security audits, enabling enterprise deals and meeting customer compliance requirements
Lead Development Engineer Nov 2014 – Mar 2019
Polyconseil · Paris · Electric car-sharing, Autolib' & international
  • Lead full-stack engineer on a team of 4, across rental workflows, financial modules, back-office ops, mobile APIs, and web (100K+ WAU and car rentals)
  • Translated operational requirements into software architecture; owned estimation, delivery, and code quality
  • Mentored junior developers and participated in hiring
Research Engineer · Autonomous Vehicles Nov 2013 – Nov 2014
MINES ParisTech · Paris
  • Developed fleet coordination algorithms guaranteeing passenger safety while minimising travel time and congestion; optimization, control theory, scientific Python
  • Published 4 peer-reviewed papers; supervised computer science labs at Mines ParisTech
Critical Systems Design Engineer Dec 2009 – Nov 2013
AREVA NP · Paris · EPR Nuclear Reactor, Finland
  • Designed safety-critical computerized protection systems for e.g. automatic shutdown triggers or valve & pump control in a nuclear plant
  • Authored full system-requirements specifications (functions, separation, redundancy), software specs and reliability analyses