ENGINEERING LEADERSHIP / BARCELONA

Hello, I’m Thomas.

I lead engineering teams and help them take ownership of complex products—from strategy and architecture through delivery.

AI-focused engineering leader with 15+ years of international experience leading engineering, product, and QA teams. I help teams become more autonomous, take ownership of full verticals, and modernize complex software systems.

01 / EXPERIENCE

Selected work

Oct 2025 — Present

Barcelona, Spain

Santévet

Senior Engineering Manager

Engineering leadership at a European specialist in pet health insurance.

Jun 2023 — Sep 2025

Greater Marseille

Agirc-Arrco

Technical Engineering Manager

Led five agile development and QA teams — around 40 people — delivering the full software lifecycle for the French public pension system. Defined product and technical roadmaps, guided architecture, and delivered a resilient event-driven system.

Aug 2020 — May 2023

Marseille

HPS

Technical Lead

Led around 20 developers within a €30M pension application program. Drove technical design and delivery, including a custom rules engine, workflow manager, and stronger engineering practices.

Nov 2019 — Jul 2020

Greater Marseille

Smart Sailors

Full Stack Software Engineer

Built a marine maintenance platform in a five-person startup using Node.js, GraphQL, and React.

Sep 2018 — Oct 2019

Greater Marseille

Alithya

Lead Software Engineer

Led development of a high-volume survey platform, established code quality standards, and mentored junior developers.

Earlier experience

Jan 2017 — Mar 2018

France

ADSEA 05

Software Engineer

Developed a secure data exchange portal for the healthcare sector.

Jan 2011 — Oct 2014

Paris & New York

PwC

IT Audit & Advisory

Worked as an Associate in Paris and Senior Associate in New York.

02 / PRACTICE

What I work with

  • Engineering leadership
  • Product & technical roadmaps
  • Software architecture
  • Event-driven systems
  • Quality & test automation
  • MySQL & PostgreSQL

03 / EDUCATION

Education & learning

CentraleSupélec

Information Systems Architecture

Université Grenoble Alpes

Mathematics and Computer Science

Harvard University

CS50AI — Introduction to Artificial Intelligence with Python

04 / WRITING

Notes on teams, software, and useful AI.

I’ll use this space for practical observations from building products and leading engineering organizations. The first article is coming soon.

Visit the writing archive →