Software Development Manager
Benevity
Sep 2022 - Present — Vannes, Brittany, France (Remote)
Tech: Typescript, React, Vue.js, Node.js, Java, PHP, MongoDB, Microservices, Kafka, AWS, Terraform, Github CI/CD, Copilot, Cursor, Vector search
Strategic career move to gain international experience and English fluency.
Led two distributed engineering teams (8 people across Spain, Switzerland, Romania, and Poland)
delivering high-stakes projects in regulated banking environments. Mastered
North American business practices and cross-cultural stakeholder collaboration
with Canadian, US, and Spanish leadership teams.
- Directed company's #1 priority project for the year, delivering on-time with exceptional quality
- Led platform integration project: separated and integrated European feature into North American platform
- Led 8-person team distributed across Spain, Switzerland, Romania, and Poland, coordinating with stakeholders across 5 time zones
- Delivered multi-client banking launch with zero-defect quality: 1 minor issue in month-long testing campaign
- Applied microservices architecture patterns from previous platform modernization experience
- Opened client test environment in September, delivered production launch in December (4-month cycle)
- Managed mixed team of internal engineers (5) and contractors (3) in Spain, Switzerland, Romania, and Poland
- Maintained strict quality standards for North American banking sector regulatory requirements
R&D Director / CTO
MGDIS
Dec 2016 - Sep 2022 — Vannes, Brittany, France (Hybrid)
Tech: Javascript, Angular, Vue.js, Node.js, Java, .NET, Microservices, Docker, Gitlab, Jenkins, CI/CD, OVHCloud
Direction of technology strategy and R&D operations, culmination of a
17-year journey within the company, from software development to
executive leadership.
- Directed technology strategy for 4-product portfolio, defining 3-year technical roadmap adopted by executive committee
- Led 18-month transformation of flagship product from SOAP monolith to microservices, reducing release cycles from quarterly to weekly
- Architected and delivered greenfield platform replacing 12-year-old legacy system, achieving 90% win rate by third year
- Built and led 5-person architecture team from scratch, establishing technical standards adopted across all R&D
- Drove organizational transformation accompanying 4x team growth (18 to 75), implementing agile practices across 12 teams
- Established strategic partnerships with 4 consulting firms, scaling to 30+ contractors and managing blended teams of 75 people (40+ internal, 30+ contractors)
- Championed engineering excellence culture: introduced code review, CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing across all projects
Head of Analysis & Development
MGDIS
Nov 2015 - Dec 2016 — Vannes, Brittany, France
Tech: Javascript, Angular, Vue.js, Node.js, .NET, Microservices, Docker, Gitlab, Jenkins, CI/CD, OVHCloud
Direction of Analysis and Development department, transitional role
towards CTO responsibilities.
- Management of analysis and development teams
- Supervision of technical project delivery
- Interface between business requirements and technical execution
Head of User Experience
MGDIS
Nov 2013 - Nov 2015 — Vannes, Brittany, France
Tech: UX Design, Prototyping, User Research, Design Systems, .NET, Javascript, Angular, Node.js, Docker
Creation and direction of the User Experience department with the goal
of introducing UX culture within the company.
- Created UX department and recruited the team
- Established design systems and UX standards
- Defined user experience strategy
- Supported cultural change within the company
- Concurrently served as university lecturer at UBS (2013-2017), teaching Testing & Quality Assurance to bridge industry practices with academia
Mobile Activity Manager
MGDIS
Jan 2011 - Oct 2013 — Vannes, Brittany, France
Tech: iOS, Android, Mobile Development, .NET (Surface Pro, Windows Phone)
Creation and leadership of mobile development activity from
a research-funded project.
- Led a research-funded mobile project
- Created mobile activity from scratch
- Recruited and supervised interns then a dedicated team
- First structuring management experience
Analyst Developer
MGDIS
Oct 2005 - Dec 2010 — Vannes, Brittany, France
Tech: .NET, Enterprise Applications, SQL
Career start as software developer with progressive growth
in technical responsibilities.
- Developed enterprise applications
- Progressed from junior to senior developer
- Built foundations in software architecture and quality