• 14+ years in mobile
  • AI-augmented teams

Hands-on Engineering Manager

I build and lead teams that ship mobile products people love, across iOS, Android and backend, human and AI-augmented.

Paris · open to remote

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About

How I got here

It started with curiosity. As a kid I wanted to understand and improve every system around me, from my moped to my PC. At 14, I built my first website on DotClear to share a project made with friends. Building and shipping haven't left me since.

I studied CS in Nantes, then landed an internship at Pixowl in San Francisco, where I coded mobile games for two years and learned that projects aren't only built with code, they're built with people. Back home I freelanced across mobile startups, and co-founded Kraft Workwear. Something clicked: I join a project before I join a company, and if the company doesn't exist, I can build it around the project.

In 2019 I joined Lalalab as a Senior iOS developer, built and led the iOS team, launched white-label apps for Photoweb and Fnac Photo, and grew into engineering management, driven by the impact I wanted to have beyond my own code. Today I lead a cross-functional team of six (iOS, Android, backend and QA).

Off the clock I'm the one who fixes his motorbike himself, walks long distances for the pleasure of it, and always has a side project going on the weekend, often involving a chainsaw or a 10mm wrench.

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Work

Apps I've shipped

  • Lalalab app icon

    Photo printing at scale · 14M+ downloads.

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    Lalalab
  • Photoweb app icon

    Photo prints and albums · white-label build.

    App Store
    Photoweb
  • Fnac Photo app icon

    Photo prints for Fnac · white-label build.

    App Store
    Fnac Photo
  • Cinemur app icon

    Movie social network · reviews and showtimes.

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    Cinemur
  • CineVR app icon

    Immersive movie theater in VR.

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    CineVR
  • Wootup app icon

    Photo messaging with a twist.

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    Wootup
  • Grub app icon

    Arcade game · 1.6M+ downloads.

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    Grub
  • RingMeMaybe app icon

    Consumer calling app.

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    RingMeMaybe
  • WINGiT app icon

    The WINGiT app · plus a B2B iOS SDK.

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    WINGiT

Contact

Let's talk

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