Miguel Gomard

🚀 Early-stage AI company building an action engine for sales teams, combining CRM, Slack and other sources to drive next-best-actions and smart workflows. 🛠 Stack: Python/FastAPI, Typescript/Next.js/React, PostgreSQL, SQLAlchemy, Slack API, Salesforce API, LangGraph Key contributions: • Built from scratch the backend architecture and data pipelines, ensuring scalability and modularity from day one. • Implemented secure OAuth integrations (Slack, Salesforce) with multi-tenant token management flows. • Designed and developed a modular ingestion and reconciliation engine for heterogeneous data sources (Slack, CRM, files). • Led technical hiring, structured the roadmap, and contributed to product strategy. 📌 Not the right fit, left on good terms.

🎮 B2B SaaS platform enabling game studios and brands to create & manage digital collectibles - without blockchain knowledge. Offered multi-chain support (EVM, Solana), wallet integrations, and content APIs. 🛠 Stack: Python/Django, TypeScript/Next.js/React, PostgreSQL, Redis, Docker, GCP, EVM, Solana, MPC wallets (DFNS) Key contributions: • Backend architecture - Designed and built a resilient backend to abstract blockchain complexity with async execution and journal-based recovery. • Multi-chain infrastructure - Engineered backend logic for new blockchains and partner wallets (MPC-ready), and integrated configuration flows into the web console so users could select chains and manage settings. • Delivered high-performance APIs powering in-game marketplaces and client integrations. • Scaled the engineering team from 0 to ~5, leading hiring, mentoring, and technical culture. • Partnered with early customers to align product features and UX with market needs. 📌 Focused on backend scalability and reliability while ensuring seamless integration into the product experience.

💊 European healthtech scale-up reinventing health insurance through design, tech, and transparency. Joined during high growth to lead cross-functional crews on key transformation initiatives. 🛠 Stack: React/TypeScript, Python/Flask, PostgreSQL, Redis Key contributions: • Led several cross-functional squads (PM, design, engineering) on mission-critical topics, remaining ~80% hands-on. • International expansion - Adapted the core platform to new markets, addressing compliance, localization, and infrastructure changes. Delivered features end-to-end, including backend logic and frontend integrations. • Insurance product scaling - Rebuilt a hard-coded product into a modular, configurable engine for pricing, operations, and plan logic, enabling launch from 2 to 100+ products. • Performance - Diagnosed and refactored the dashboard backend and frontend flows to drastically reduce latency and support hypergrowth. • Architecture and APIs - Designed improvements to unlock speed, reliability, and easier integration across teams. 📌 Blended deep backend expertise with product-focused frontend work to deliver scalable features from concept to user-facing impact.

⚡️Stream provides feed & chat APIs used by companies like Under Armour, TaskRabbit, Healthline, NBC, Match.com. I joined pre-scale and led architecture and engineering across two major product generations. 🛠 Stack: Go, Python/Django, PostgreSQL, Redis, Elasticsearch, RocksDB, Raft, Cassandra, RabbitMQ, AWS Key contributions: • Built and scaled the real-time feed infrastructure handling billions of events per month. • Transitioned from a monolithic to an event-sourced architecture to meet strict performance and cost targets. • Designed and implemented V1 fanout-on-read architecture with Redis for supernodes (e.g., millions of followers). • Created feed analytics using Elasticsearch-based rollups (daily/weekly/monthly) with smart query planning. • Led the design and delivery of StreamDB — a feed-oriented database combining a custom KV storage layer (RocksDB + Raft) with journaled event storage, enabling real-time feed recreation (aggregated, flat, ranked) on demand. Reduced infrastructure cost and improved flexibility. • Actively contributed to technical strategy, architectural decisions, and hiring of senior engineers. • Led onboarding of large enterprise clients (e.g., Under Armour) by ensuring infrastructure robustness and scalability. 📌 Strong focus on scalability, distributed systems, and developer experience. Mixed leadership with deep technical ownership.

🛍️ Social e-commerce marketplace embedded in top media brands, enabling users to discover and buy curated products within their favorite editorial environments (GQ, Grazia, Vanity Fair, Le Figaro, etc.). 💶 Raised €2M in funding 📣 Partnered with major French publishers for native shopping integration 🛠 Stack: Python/Django, Elasticsearch, Redis, jQuery, MySQL, RabbitMQ, Magento, AWS CDN My role: • Built the platform end-to-end: catalog engine, user feeds, social features (follow, share), and storefronts • Developed a Magento-based e-commerce backend with custom ERP tools (as modules) • Integrated editorial content with e-commerce flows for seamless UX across brands • Led a small tech team and handled product/infra decisions 📌 Early attempt at content-commerce convergence - bridging editorial reach with transactional UX.

🪑 Pioneering on-demand furniture & lifestyle brand, offering high-end products at factory prices (up to -80%). D2C before it was a trend, operating across France, Germany, UK & US. 💶 Raised €20M to scale operations 📦 Acquired by Fab.com in 2011 🛠 Stack: PHP, Magento, .NET, MySQL, OpenERP (Odoo) My role: • Led all technical aspects (infra, dev, ERP, e-commerce) across a team of ~50 • Built a custom order management system integrated with OpenERP for logistics & manufacturing • Managed e-commerce strategy and UX across localized sites • Headed online marketing operations (€150K/mo budget) and analytics stack • Coordinated product, dev & ops between Europe and Shanghai 📌 Ahead-of-the-curve execution on vertical commerce + ERP integration, with global footprint and operational scale.