Freelancer profile translated to English.
Back to original languageAbout Loïc
I am **CTO of Cofondateur.fr**, the leading network of entrepreneurs in France (45,000+ users). For over 10 years, I have been assisting startup founders in **creating and launching their MVP**, with a dual role: technical expertise & business vision.
🚀 **My role**: to transform your ideas into a **fast, intelligent, and scalable MVP**, designed to be tested on the market and convince investors and early customers.
✅What I bring to your project:
- **Fast and reliable MVPs**: modern stack (React, Next.js, Node.js, Symfony/PHP, Supabase, PostgreSQL, Firebase).
- **AI & automation**: API integration (OpenAI, LangChain, chatbots, business copilots) to give your product a differentiator.
- **No-code & low-code**: Bubble, Webflow, Make, Retool to reduce costs and delays.
- **Scalable architecture**: cloud (AWS, Vercel), robust APIs, security, and performance.
- **Product vision**: functional framework, prioritization, and roadmap for a quick launch.
- **Entrepreneurial experience**: after thousands of projects via Cofondateur.fr, I know what makes an MVP successful... and what makes it fail.
💡My specialties:
- Web & Mobile MVP (React Native/Expo)
- AI integration and intelligent assistants
- API development & automation
- Dashboards & internal tools (no-code/low-code + custom)
- Growth-oriented development (acquisition & retention)
🎤Why work with me?
Because I'm not just a developer: I become your **technical partner**. You gain a quickly delivered MVP, AI expertise to boost your product, a credible stack that reassures your investors, and above all, an interlocutor capable of understanding your business challenges.
👉 If you are looking for a Freelance CTO to transform your idea into a **modern, intelligent, and scalable MVP**, let's discuss it together. Your product can be online faster than you imagine.
English
Fluent
French
Native or bilingual
Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km), Marseille (up to 50km), Lyon (up to 50km), Toulouse (up to 50km), Nantes (up to 50km)
Experience
- Cofonfateur.frCTO & Co-founderHUMAN RESOURCESSeptember 2015 - Today (10 years and 9 months)As **CTO and co-founder of Cofondateur.fr**, the leading network of entrepreneurs in France (45,000+ users), I designed and led the entire technological strategy of the platform, from the initial idea to a **scale-up recognized in the French startup ecosystem**.🚀Key achievements:
- **Architecture & Development**: design and evolution of a robust SaaS platform in Symfony, optimized for large-scale networking.
- **Intelligent matching**: implementation of recommendation and scoring algorithms (project/talent) to facilitate thousands of qualified connections.
- **Scalability & Performance**: progressive migration of the stack to modern technologies (React, Next.js, Supabase) and cloud integration to scale without performance degradation.
- **AI Integration**: experimentation and deployment of generative AI modules (chatbots, profile analysis, automatic recommendations) to enrich the user experience.
- **Product & Strategy**: co-construction of the product roadmap with business teams, prioritization of features, implementation of a Lean Startup & Agile methodology.
- **Management & Collaboration**: supervision of developers, freelancers, and technical partners, implementation of collaborative processes and CI/CD.
- **Entrepreneurial experience**: direct support of thousands of project leaders, which allowed me to understand the real needs of founders when launching their MVP.
🌍Impact:- More than45,000 registered userson the platform
- Strong recognition in the French entrepreneurial ecosystem
- Generali FranceTech Lead Freelance – SaaS & MVPBANKING AND INSURANCEAugust 2020 - August 2023 (3 years)Astechnical manager**, I led the complete creation of a SaaS platform for the equestrian subsidiary of the Generali France group. My role was to bring my **expertiseto all key stages of the project, from initial design to production, with an **MVP**-first and scalable approach adapted to business needs.🚀Key achievements:
- **Technical & product framework**: choice of the most suitable stack (Symfony, API Platform, Docker, Redis, ElasticSearch, GCP) to meet performance and scalability constraints.
- **Design and architecture**: database modeling, definition of a modular and extensible SaaS architecture, cloud integration (GCP).
- **Development & quality**: implementation of main features, unit and functional tests, implementation of code reviews to ensure maintainability.
- **Scalability & performance**: integration of ElasticSearch for advanced search, Redis for performance optimization.
- **CI/CD & DevOps**: automation of continuous deployment, Docker integration for reproducible and robust environments.
- **Startup approach**: project management as a SaaS MVP with rapid iterations and consideration of business user feedback.
⚙️Technical stack:- **Backend**: Symfony, API Platform, Redis, ElasticSearch
- **Cloud & Containerization**: Docker, Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- **Methodologies**: Agile, Lean Startup, CI/CD, MVP-first
🌍Impact:- Delivery of arobust and scalable SaaS MVPfor a large group, with methods inspired by the startup world
- Resolution of complex business problems thanks to ahigh-performance and scalablearchitecture
- Replicable and directly transferable experience toearly-stage startupswishing to launch their product quickly
- Amundi ImmobilierTech Lead Freelance – SaaS & MVP (Agile, React, Symfony)BANKING AND INSURANCEMay 2018 - July 2020 (2 years and 2 months)Amundi Immobilieris the subsidiary dedicated to the management of real estate assets of Amundi, a leader in employee savings and retirement in France. I joined anagile teamcomposed of about ten developers and a product owner, with the objective of improving and evolving a strategicSaaS platformused by advisors from the main French banks (Crédit Agricole, BNP, Société Générale).🚀Key achievements:
- Design and development of new features to improve theuser experienceand product performance.
- Contribution to the strengthening of the **SaaS MVP**, with a scalable and modular approach allowing to welcome new clients and new partner banks.
- Work inAgile/Scrum**, in rapid iterations, with a **Lean Startuplogic applied to a large organization.
- Optimization of thebackend architecture(API Platform, Symfony, Redis, Docker) for better reliability and scalability.
- Modern frontend development with ReactJS and Redux
- Exploration ofno-code / automationinternal tools to accelerate certain processes (prototyping, reporting, integrations).
⚙️Technical stack:- **Backend**: Symfony, API Platform, Redis, Docker
- **Frontend**: ReactJS, Redux, Bootstrap
- **Methodologies**: Agile/Scrum, Lean, MVP-first, user-oriented product
🌍Impact:- Direct improvement of the efficiency of bank advisors thanks to anoptimized and scalable SaaS
- Consolidation of arobust MVPin a complex context, inspiring good practices applicable to startups in the launch phase
- Enriching experience inscalability**, SaaS product and agile methods, directly transferable to **early-stage startupprojects
Reviews
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Arthur
Arthur Trousset
Reviewed on 9/9/2025
We worked with Loïc on the realization of our MVP and we are delighted with the result. He quickly understood our needs, framed the project with clarity and delivered a complete solution (authentication, profiles, catalog, messaging, payments, dashboard). His agile working method and professionalism made all the difference. We recommend him without hesitation.
Charles
Bluspark
Reviewed on 3/14/2023
Super reactivity from Loic! Thanks to his efforts before his arrival, his integration into the existing team went very well.
And importantly, the work done was of high quality. Respect for deadlines and good code from the first time.
All good!
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Education
- Computer Engineering DegreeEcole d'ingénieur Mines Telecom2016
- Global E-BusinessDouble degree GEB2016