Employee #1 at Virtuo, a French mobility scale-up (FT120 member), revolutionizing car rental by eliminating traditional friction points. Led engineering through ground-zero to Series D, expanding operations to 6 European countries serving 100K+ active users.

Leadership & Team Building:

• Scaled engineering organization from 1 to 20+ full-stack developers over 9 years, maintaining 90%+ retention
• Led 7 direct reports (tech leads) managing distributed development teams
• Established engineering best practices, coding standards, and architectural patterns
• Drove recruitment strategy alongside CTO, building high-performing engineering culture

Strategic & Product Development:

• Partnered with product leadership to define and execute multi-year product roadmap
• Delivered features supporting multi-country expansion with complex regional requirements (local regulations, payment systems, fleet management)
• Architected solutions balancing speed-to-market with technical excellence

Infrastructure & Platform:

• Architected 50+ microservices platform on GCP Kubernetes (50+ nodes, thousands of pods), migrated from Heroku (2020)
• Implemented fully autonomous CI/CD pipeline (CircleCI + ArgoCD) enabling dozens of daily deployments with 10-minute release cycles
• Built ephemeral testing environments (AWS EC2 → GCP Kubernetes) with comprehensive test coverage (thousands of unit, integration, and e2e tests)
• Established advanced SRE practices: continuous deployment, code quality tooling, performance optimization, and observability

Technical Stack:

• MongoDB-backed microservices with custom WebSocket-based service discovery
• RabbitMQ for asynchronous task processing; Redis for session management and caching
• Progressive TypeScript migration across entire codebase

Digital marketplace platform enabling automotive retailers to showcase and sell new vehicle inventory online. Led technical development and platform optimization for high-traffic e-commerce solution serving 700K+ monthly unique visitors.

Performance & Growth:

• Optimized SEO/SEM strategies driving primary traffic acquisition for 700K+ monthly visitors
• Improved web performance metrics (DOMContentLoaded, TTFB) and Google PageSpeed scores
• Implemented conversion optimization strategies to maximize lead generation
• Focused on editorial content optimization and technical SEO best practices

Technical Development:

• Architected custom ETL system processing large CSV imports from multiple retailers (varied formats)
• Developed data transformation pipeline integrating with L’Argus vehicle catalog for inventory matching
• Built scalable data processing workflows handling diverse automotive inventory formats

Infrastructure Management:

• Maintained production platform infrastructure (3-5 VMs) with database replication and backup strategies
• Managed OVH-hosted environment ensuring high availability and reliability
• Implemented Redis-based caching, session management, and queue systems

Technology Stack:

• Nginx, PHP (php-fpm), MySQL, Linux (CentOS/RedHat)
• Node.js for image processing and optimization
• Redis for caching, sessions, and asynchronous task queues

Team: Led small engineering team of 3 developers including intern management.

Full-stack development role at digital agency delivering custom web solutions across diverse industries. Led complete project lifecycle from requirements gathering through deployment and ongoing maintenance.

Project Delivery:

• Gathered and analyzed client requirements, translating business needs into technical specifications
• Developed custom web applications from scratch in collaboration with UI/UX designers
• Delivered production-ready solutions with ongoing maintenance and support
• Managed full project lifecycle ensuring timely delivery and client satisfaction

Notable Projects:

• Familytrip: Family-focused hotel booking platform with specialized search and filtering capabilities
• Neowebcar: Automotive inventory marketplace connecting retailers with buyers (acquired by L’Argus/leboncoin)
• Resaplace: Parking reservation system for Effia, managing booking workflows for commercial parking facilities

Technical Environment:

• Self-hosted LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) on bare metal RedHat servers
• Full-stack development with emphasis on scalability and maintainability
• Direct server management and deployment workflows

Team: Managed one intern, providing mentorship and technical guidance.