Freelancer profile translated to English.
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Software Architect and Transition CTO — 30 years designing and delivering production systems. Today specializing in LLM agents, MCP integration, and applied AI in demanding contexts: confidentiality, complex business logic, scale.
My background in brief
Senior freelance since 2014 (formerly Super Malter, Toptal top 3%), after 18 years of tech entrepreneurship. Co-founder or CTO of 6 startups since 1996: Travelprice (1st real-time air booking engine and 1st secure payment in France), Manobi (WSIS Award 2003), Indust.ai (top 10% in the Facebook/Microsoft/AWS/PartnershipOnAI Deepfake Detection challenge).
What I'm working on today
-LLM Agents in Production— orchestration, tool use, MCP (Model Context Protocol) integration on client or server side, evaluation harnesses. Recent AI mission in FDE via Toptal.
-LLM Systems Architecture— technical choices, IS integration, scale.
-Applied AI Automation— pipelines, operational agents.
-Transition / Part-time CTO— technical vision, recruitment, due diligence, fundraising.
What I bring additionally
-DSL & Compilation— business rule modeling (payroll, collective agreements, events). Recurring thread since 2010.
-Cryptography & Security— Netheos (CTO 2005–2008, PKI/JCE); Seclab (USB isolation embedded software, nuclear industry). Clear framework without conflict with previous projects.
-R&D & Research Valorization— European collaborative R&D. Combinatorial background (DEA, Brandeis), DSL/compilation, Haskell formal methods (Matrix.ai). Former expert "Diagnostic Data & AI" Bpifrance (2019–2021).
What I'm looking for right now
Short missions (2–3 days/week, ≤ 3 months) in LLM agent design, MCP integration, AI production architecture, or transition CTO. Available, Paris / Montpellier or full remote.
French
Native or bilingual
English
Native or bilingual
Can work on-site
Paris (up to 20km), Montpellier (up to 20km)
Experience
- super.AIForward Deployed EngineerFebruary 2026 - April 2026 (2 months)Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) mission on super.AI's AI platform. Design, deployment, and adaptation of AI agents in client contexts.
- Combo (ex-Snapshift)Senior Backend Architect DeveloperMarch 2021 - January 2026 (4 years and 10 months)Paris, FranceHR SaaS for the restaurant industry. Modeling of complex legal and conventional rules (HCR Collective Agreement, payroll, labor law) into internal business DSLs. Cross-squad architecture decisions, integrations with third-party systems. Stack: Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, GraphQL.
- Founder InstituteDirector @October 2020 - August 2021 (10 months)Paris, FranceLocal Director of the world's largest pre-seed accelerator (4,500+ companies accelerated since 2009). Coaching and selection of early-stage founders.
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Education
- Computer Science/Electronics EngineerESIEE Marnes la Vallée2001Formation d'ingénieur généraliste avec une spécialisation en système embarqués temps réel.
- Master's Degree in Fundamental and Applied Computer ScienceUniversité de Marne la Vallée2001Spécialisation en combinatoire algébrique (mathématique fondamentales). Formation fondamentale en mathématique et informatique pour préparer un doctorat en informatique fondamentale.