Clément Michaud

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I'm Clément Michaud (he/him) — senior software engineer & security expert, open-source author, hacker, thinker.

Author of Authelia. Passionate about 0-to-1 product development in Go or Rust and React. I bridge the gap between product strategy and deep technical execution.

Currently focused on how AI can unite PM, Dev, and QA workflows to drastically improve system design and product excellence.

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1. Senior Software Engineer & AI Researcher @ Independent

   Nov 2025 – now · 7 mos·Paris, France

   • Building 0-to-1 product prototypes exploring novel applications of LLMs and AI agents to accelerate the software development lifecycle.
   • Developing frameworks to automate and align system design across Product, Engineering, and QA — reducing time-to-production while elevating quality.
2. Principal Software Engineer @ Aviatrix

   May 2022 – Nov 2025 · 3 yrs 6 mos·Paris, France (full-remote)

   • Architected the flagship cloud-native SaaS control plane in Go, scaling to 100k distributed gateways with a focus on resilience and cost.
   • Key results: CI build times −20%, test execution 15× faster via a custom framework, AWS VM costs −15%.
3. Senior Software Reliability Engineer @ Criteo

   Sep 2017 – Mar 2022 · 4 yrs 6 mos·Paris, France

   • Built a high-throughput deployment platform on Mesos & Kubernetes for 50k servers; led the strategic transition to Kubernetes.
   • Founded the company's first internal Security Team; built a vulnerability scanner covering 50k servers in under 24h. Invited speaker at MesosCon SF 2018.
4. Junior Software Engineer @ Murex

   Sep 2014 – Aug 2017 · 2 yrs 11 mos·Paris, France

   • Maintained and optimized the Mx3 Front Office core engine (C++) used globally by institutional banks and hedge funds.
   • Scrum Master for a team of 8; evangelized advanced testability practices across 10 engineering teams.

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