Antoine Hémery
Principal Software Development Engineer at Algolia
Paris, Ile-de-France
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Top SchoolAntoine Hémery is a Principal Software Development Engineer in Paris with seven years of hands-on experience building high-performance search and analytics systems at Algolia. He specializes in information retrieval, distributed systems, and C++ engine development, having led the design and delivery of Algolia’s Vector Engine for Neural Search and the Relevant Sort feature. Antoine has driven cross-team initiatives—migrating storage without downtime, shaping on-call and alerting practices, and defining engineering processes that raise reliability and performance. His background includes rewriting and owning multiple open-source API clients (.NET, Java) and practical full‑stack experience from earlier .NET consulting roles. Known for bridging product and infrastructure concerns, he pairs deep technical craftsmanship with strong collaboration across PMs, AI, and infra teams. Outside his core role he contributes to the .NET community, reflecting a commitment to open development and long-term platform quality.
8 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Engineering Science, Bachelor's degree, Engineering Science at CY Cergy Paris UniversitéMaster of Engineering - MEng, Engineering, Master of Engineering - MEng, Engineering at École des Ingénieurs de la Ville de Paris
French, English, Spanish
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Github Skills (50)
search-engine10
algolia10
widgets10
geo-search10
go-api10
api-client10
faceted-search10
dotnet10
java10
vue10
dotnet-library10
algolia-search10
dotnet-core10
php-api10
java-api10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
algolia/algoliasearch-client-java
Sep 2018 - Jan 2022
⚡️ A fully-featured and blazing-fast Java API client to interact with Algolia.
Contributions:1 release, 32 reviews, 409 commits in 3 years 4 months
algoliajava-apijavajava-8algolia-search
algolia/algoliasearch-client-csharp
Sep 2018 - Jun 2022
⚡️ A fully-featured and blazing-fast C# API client to interact with Algolia.
Contributions:78 reviews, 493 commits, 218 PRs in 3 years 9 months
algoliacsharpc-sharpalgolia-searchapi-client
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