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Description

Fractional VP Engineering & Technical Leadership Consulting

I help engineering teams (8 to 50 developers) structure themselves and mature — methodically, without rushing.

15 years of experience in software engineering and technical leadership, in France and the UK, on growing B2B SaaS products.

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Fractional VP of Engineering

Integrated part-time or on a regular basis within your organization, I bring a strategic perspective and an operational presence over time. Engineering strategy, team culture, squad organization, product/tech relationship, recruitment, technical debt — I take care of what your CTO doesn't have time to structure, or what your team needs before having a full-time CTO.

Typical mission: monthly retainer, 3 to 12 months.

Tech Co-Founder for Hire

For non-technical founders in the launch or pivot phase: I structure the product, choose the stack, set up the infrastructure, and recruit or manage the first technical team. The goal is to make you autonomous as early as possible.

Typical mission: project engagement over 3 to 6 months.

Training & Coaching — Incident Management

Teams don't malfunction in production due to a lack of tools, but due to a lack of practiced structure. I audit your current posture (on-call, runbooks, postmortems, crisis communication), then I support your teams through a training program and workshops, up to real-time coaching.

Typical mission: fixed audit (€3,000 – €5,000), followed by a 3-month program, then a coaching retainer.

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Technical approach: Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, cloud infrastructure (Hetzner, AWS), continuous deployment. I know the stack intimately — which allows me to be credible with the teams without replacing them.

Philosophy: Don't Panic. Sustainable structure takes precedence over constant urgency.

Industry field of expertise

Languages

English
Native or bilingual
French
Native or bilingual

Workplace preferences

Remote only

Primarily works remotely

WA Systems SAS
Founder, Software Developer, Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
CONSULTING AND AUDITS
September 2017 - Today (8 years and 9 months)
Toulouse, France
Technical Leadership & Engineering Consulting

WA Systems helps European tech companies structure and mature their engineering teams.

We work with teams of 8 to 50 developers, on a fractional or project basis, across three areas:

— Fractional VP of Engineering: engineering strategy, team organization, technical culture, product/tech relationship. A regular, operational presence without the cost of a full-time hire.

— Tech Co-Founder for Hire: for non-technical founders launching or pivoting. Stack choice, infrastructure, initial recruitment, implementation of team practices.

— Training & Coaching — Incident Management: incident posture audit, customized training program, real-time coaching. To ensure your teams can handle the next crisis without panicking.

Technical approach: Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, cloud infrastructure (Hetzner, AWS), continuous deployment.

Philosophy: Don't Panic. Sustainable structure takes precedence over constant urgency.
Ruby on Rails Amazon Web Services Python Recruitment Team Management
Lyst
Senior Software Engineer / Production Engineer
FASHION AND COSMETICS
July 2015 - May 2017 (1 year and 10 months)
Cité de Londres, United Kingdom
Reporting to the "platform" team, I act as a senior developer and platform engineer.
I work with various software development teams to assist in the design and maintenance of web and HTTP services with a "production and platform" vision critical for a service that serves so many clients.

**Software Engineering Consulting**: Mentoring based on experience gained in production over previous years. Consulting during the development of new features or their redesign for better performance once in production (algorithms, SQL queries, caching, ...).

**Software Development**: Development of tools and automation modules for packaging, deployment, and monitoring of the various services constituting the backend.

**System / Cloud Administration**: Maintenance, design, and supervision of the AWS infrastructure that allows Lyst to serve its clients and partners in Europe, the United States, and Asia.
Ruby Python Django Amazon Web Services Chef
Teacher Centric / ShowMyHomework
Software Engineer (Lead)
EDUCATION AND E-LEARNING
December 2013 - July 2015 (1 year and 7 months)
Cité de Londres, United Kingdom
In charge of the software engineering team, then cloud and software architect for the company's product migration to keep up with increasing usage alongside company growth.

**Taking over existing technicals**: Complete takeover of the web application following the departure of the main and sole developer. Consolidation and improvements of the codebase, addition of testing processes, automation of packaging and deployment.

**Infrastructure**: Migration to a semi-automated cloud infrastructure with load balancers, database redundancy, CDN, ...

**Recruitment, Management**: Development of the engineering team from 1 to 6 members. Direct communication with customer support and improvement of customer issue tracking.

**Backend Overhaul**: Partial replacement of the monolithic codebase with microservices and the use of specialized databases.
Ruby on Rails Amazon Web Services Saltstack Team Management Recruitment