Hello, I am Nicolas

I make apps

Developer, mentor, freelancer, father, runner, traveler, writter. I love mobile tech: Android, iOS and Flutter.

Currently VP of Engineering @Gorillas

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How I can help you

I’ve worked on many different projects, on a broad variety of tech stacks, environments, teams, companies and clients. My experience enables me to help you identify, design and implement the best solution for your needs.

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Specifications & Consulting

As I have been managing and leading large tech teams and challenging projects for over 10 years, I can help you specify your needs and transform these into technical specifications and precise requirements. The cost estimates and schedules associated with your project are defined as precisely as possible up front and then monitored closely throughout its implementation, so there are no surprises.

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Development / Implementation

With more than 10 years of expertise on iOS and Android, and a solid experience in cross-platforms development, I can help you build your mobile app and ensure we select the right stack for your needs. I can also handle the developement of your backend, or help you choose the right Backend as a Service tool.

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Audit

I’m used to quickly dive into codebases to assess the global quality and where things could be improved. I’ve help multiple companies prioritizing tech topics in their roadmaps to ensure stability and scalability of their plaform.

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Hiring

I have participated in the hiring of more than 150 people and conducted more than 1000 hiring interviews during the last 15 years. I can advise and assist you on any step of your hiring process.

My Resume

My Expertises

More than 15 years in tech.

I started freelancing on the side of my full-time job 7 years ago, helping over 60 clients.

I develop on Android since the very first version in 2008. Stared iOS 10 yers ago.

I did some React Native, then moved on Flutter 3 years ago.

2022-Present

Gorillas

VP of Engineering: management of the tech team and IT (130 people).

2017-Present

Freelancing

Advised and assisted more than 50 clients on many different topics: development, consulting, mentoring, audit, hiring…

Credentials: Criteo, Mowgli (acquired by Hopper), Jeff de Bruges, John Paul, Mind, Steeple, Pinql, CareerBuilder, Olémains, Recall

2019-2022

Frichti

Director of Engineering: management of the Consumer Tribe (20 people) that handle Frichti’s website and native apps.

Mobile Guilde leader: ensure Android and iOS tech architecture keep up-to-date, best practices…

2015-2019

Rakuten

Built from scratch the mobile team and scaled it to 15 people.

Managing tech roadmaps and priorities, ensuring tech vision and codebase quality.

2015-2015

Wheretoget

Management of the tech team, design team and CM team.

Features developement of on iOS and Android.

Set up of the global CI (Jenkins, Git, Sonar…)

2013-2015

Isobar

Technical project manager: management of a french team (3 people) and offshore (20 people).

Architecture definition for iOS and Android clients projects.

2008-2015

Degetel

Started as a J2ME mobile developer, then moved to Android when the first version was released.

Ensured the onboarding on new developers on Android, becoming tech lead.

2007-2008

Quebec university

Master in project management

2004-2007

Efrei

Engineering degree with a focus on embedded systems

Testimonials

What People Say About Me?

Nicolas accompanied me from A to Z on the launch of my project over a period of 5 months. Key points: professional, responsive, meets deadlines, adapts to your constraints, efficient and above all great skill in project management. In short, I recommend!

Ilhame (Parrot Traveler) | Nov 11, 2020

Nicolas is very responsive, friendly and does a great job. I recommend without hesitation!

Vanessa (BBoyMap) | Fev 19, 2022

Nicolas is clearly an expert in mobile development. Unlike other good developers who only master the purely application part, Nicolas also has extensive knowledge of everything that revolves around it […] I recommend Nicolas especially for large complex projects, where his wide range of skills will make the difference with other good developers.

Dimitri (Beyond Gravity) | Oct 10, 2021

We were very satisfied with the work provided by Nicolas. Professional, attentive to the client, we finished ahead of the set deadline. I recommend this freelancer and we will be working together again very soon.

Hugo (Kardinal) | Apr 12, 2019

I was lucky enough to be assigned Nicolas for my mobile development studies on OpenClassrooms. He was able to address all my questions over the past 2 years. I enjoyed working with him and would recommend him without hesitation!

Paul (OpenClassrooms) | Jun 24, 2020

Nicolas is an excellent project manager, he is also extremely professional. He has a great knowledge of mobile platforms, both iOS and Android. Which is not common. He knows how to share his knowledge and listen to his teams, in order to carry out projects to their end. In addition, he is a more than friendly person, so it is very pleasant to work with him. I recommend it without hesitation.

Basile (Rakuten) | Oct 05, 2018

Mission very well executed, great feedback on the architectural aspects.

Thomas (Cast) | Jun 02 , 2021