About Sylvain
🎯 Senior Engineering Manager avec 22 ans d’expérience (dont 12 en management), j’aide les entreprises à structurer leurs équipes tech, améliorer la qualité, et accélérer leur delivery.
J’interviens lorsque vous avez besoin d’un leadership pragmatique, d’un cadre clair et de résultats rapides : montée en compétences, organisation efficace, réduction de bugs, meilleure prédictibilité, culture d’équipe renforcée.
Ce que je vous apporte :
• Structuration et scaling d’équipes (processus, rituels, qualité, CI/CD, tests)
• Amélioration de la performance engineering (delivery, cycle time, stabilité)
• Coaching managers / tech leads (certifié ICF ACC)
• Aide au recrutement et accompagnement des onboardings
• Renforcement de la collaboration et de la communication entre équipes
Types de missions :
Interim / fractional Engineering Manager, audit engineering, mise en place d’un delivery performant, coaching individuel, restructuration ou professionalisation d’équipe.
Mon approche : pragmatique, humaine, orientée impact, avec des résultats concrets (ex : back-end coverage 12% → 84%, bugs prod -80%, équipe 10 → 21).
Disponible pour échanger sur votre besoin.
French
Native or bilingual
English
Native or bilingual
Can work on-site
Nantes (up to 50km)
Experience
- FlowieSenior Engineering ManagerSOFTWARE PUBLISHINGSeptember 2024 - September 2025 (1 year)Paris, FranceManaged and grew a tech team from 10 to 21 people (full remote). Oversaw hiring, onboarding, mentoring and performance development. Implemented engineering best practices (DOD, DOR, WIP limits). Raised software quality standards: improved unit test coverage, strengthened CI/CD and QA strategy. Built a strong feedback culture within the team and the wider company. Improved company-wide communication and process alignment.
- ETX MajelanSenior Engineering ManagerCULTUREFebruary 2023 - August 2024 (1 year and 6 months)Paris, FranceManaged a team of 10 senior developers and freelancers (remote). Introduced strong delivery and quality processes (DoD, DoR, WIP limits). Transitioned the team from Scrum to Kanban to improve flow. Modernized a legacy codebase to industry standards (tests, CI/CD, QA). Increased Test coverage from 12% to 84% on backend Built and facilitated a strong feedback culture. Coached 15 internal employees as part ofcoaching certification (50+ hours).
- CoachHubEngineering ManagerEDUCATION AND E-LEARNINGJanuary 2021 - February 2023 (2 years and 1 month)Berlin, GermanyHired and built a cross-functional feature team across Europe. Led a high-performing team of9 (product, design, QA, developers). Established high-quality engineering standards (no-bug-in-backlog policy, strong e2e coverage). Reduced bugs in prod by 80% Created a safe and fun team environment with strong feedback routines. Led company-wide initiatives: annual reviews framework, code conventions, stakeholder networking program.
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Education
- Master Degree in computer scienceEcole d'ingénieurs du Conservatoire National des Arts & Métiers2014Master Degree in computer science
- BTS Marketing (BacNotre Dame2000BTS Marketing (Bac