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From NLP and data
to agentic AI.

13 years in tech, junior dev to CTO. NLP and machine learning at Q°emotion and eXplain (2017-2021), generative and agentic AI daily since 2025. Florian Bruniaux is an AI Founding Engineer at Méthode Aristote, scaling teams from 4 to 150 engineers along the way.

// Career

Founder

Current

Stealth AI startup · Provins · Remote

- · 1 mo

Something around context engineering, harness engineering, software factories... Details undisclosed while the project stays in stealth.

AI Consultant / Trainer / Fractional CTO

Current

Independent · Provins · Remote

- · 5 mo

AI adoption consulting and training for startups, scale-ups, and SMBs: technical and security audits, AI adoption and Claude Code training, context and harness engineering specialization, and fractional CTO engagements for companies without an in-house technical leader.

AI Founding Engineer

Current

Méthode Aristote · Paris · Hybrid

- · 1 yr 2 mo

EdTech platform combining AI and cognitive science for students in grades 8-12. Full-stack engineering with tRPC and PostgreSQL within the Cartesia Education group.

CTPO (Chief Technical and Product Officer)

NATIVE SPACES · France · Remote

- · 1 yr 11 mo

Led engineering, product, and strategy for a B2B platform. Hired and onboarded engineers, UX/UI designers, and SEO experts. Built v2 with TypeScript, Next.js, tRPC, and React Native.

Cheerz

2 yr 3 mo

Paris · Onsite

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VP of Engineering

- · 1 yr

Co-defined the tech strategy with the CTO. Managed 3 platforms (infra, backend, web). Structured teams, processes, hiring pipelines, and career paths.

Engineering Manager

- · 1 yr 3 mo

Managed 3 teams (back, infra, web). Developed technical skills and soft skills. Managed budget and recruitment; improved operations.

CTO

eXplain · Paris · Onsite

- · 2 yr 3 mo

Built tech team from scratch for a local audience analytics company. AI-powered opinion analysis platform (Pivot). GDPR-compliant web and mobile products.

Lead Software Engineer

Q°emotion · Troyes · Onsite

- · 11 mo

Led the refactoring of an AI emotion-detection SaaS from a monolith to microservices. Stack: Ruby on Rails, Python (Flask, spaCy), React, AWS, Elasticsearch.

→ Earlier roles (2011-2017)

  • Lead Developer · Aussiito · Jan 2016 - Oct 2017

    Led a team of 8 developers. Redesigned information-system architecture and infrastructure (virtualization, containerization). Migrated a CRM (~1M LOC) to Symfony 3.

  • Software Engineer · Aussiito · Sep 2014 - Dec 2015

    Full-stack development on internal CRM platform for automotive sector.

  • Full Stack Engineer · EDF (Nuclear) · Aug 2013 - Aug 2014

    Work-study placement. Built a tool for nuclear-plant packing-process optimization. Full JavaScript stack (Backbone, Node, Express). Deployed across group plants.

  • Full Stack Engineer · Oxylane (Decathlon) · Jul 2012 - Jan 2013

    Internship building a multi-browser extension for know-how exchange at Decathlon Campus. Won 4th place at IT Days 2012 (50+ projects).

  • Web Developer · Aylan · Apr 2011 - Jul 2011

    Internship building a server-monitoring interface and BackOffice. PHP, JavaScript, Prolog-based expert system.

// Skills & Expertise

Leadership & Management: Engineering Management, Product Strategy, Team Scaling (4→150), Hiring & Onboarding, OKRs, Agile/Scrum

Backend Development: TypeScript, Rust, Python, Ruby, Node.js, PHP

Frontend Development: React, Next.js, React Native, Tailwind CSS, Astro

Infrastructure & DevOps: AWS, GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, Serverless, CI/CD

AI & Tooling: Context Engineering, Harness Engineering, Claude Code, MCP Servers, LLM Integration, NLP, Elasticsearch

Data & Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, Prisma

Practices & Methodologies: TDD/BDD, Clean Architecture, Code Review, Technical Writing, API Design

// Education

Engineering Degree - Software Project Management

Université de Technologie de Troyes

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// Teaching

Lecturer

IUT de Troyes - MMI (Multimedia & Internet Métiers)

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Scrum & Agile methodologies, TDD/BDD/DDD, Ruby on Rails, Python Flask, Microservices architecture

// Publications

  • Mastering Grunt · Packt Publishing, 2014

    Co-Author

  • Backbone.js Patterns and Best Practices · Packt Publishing, 2014

    Technical Reviewer

  • Grunt: The JavaScript Task Runner · Packt Publishing, 2014

    Technical Reviewer

  • JavaScript Regular Expressions · Packt Publishing, 2013

    Technical Reviewer

// Languages

French (Native)
English (C1 (BULATS Score 85))
Spanish (Elementary)
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