Summary
Alexandre Girard is a Senior Engineering Manager based in Sydney with 12 years of experience building product-led engineering teams and shipping customer-facing web and mobile products. He co-founded multiple startups (Upflowy, Liftango, Style Atlas, Backseat), scaling engineering from 3 to 25 people and delivering solutions used by hundreds of thousands of users, while navigating fundraising and regulatory diligence. Now leading core Jira experiences at Atlassian, he blends hands-on engineering instincts with strategic product leadership and a bias for fast, high-impact decision-making. His background spans front-end excellence, platform integrations and mobile delivery, and he frequently moves between code, coaching and commercial strategy. An instructor for General Assembly, he also brings a knack for distilling complex technical concepts into teachable practices—an asset for growing high-performing teams.
12 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor Computer sciences, Bachelor Computer sciences at Université Blaise Pascal (Clermont-II) - Clermont-Ferrand
A levels Mathematics Engineer sciences Management and Sports, A levels Mathematics Engineer sciences Management and Sports at Lycée La Fayette
National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts
French, English