Summary
Aurel Estoup is a hands-on CTO and product technologist with over a decade of engineering and leadership experience, currently building high-resolution, low-latency weather data systems for parametric insurance at Sereno. He combines full-stack mastery in Rust, Python and TypeScript with platform engineering skills—real-time pipelines, DuckDB/Polars analytics and cloud infra—to deliver production-grade data products at scale. An advocate of Extreme Programming and Lean Product Management, he drives TDD, pair programming and discovery-driven iteration across small engineering teams. He also operates as a fractional CTPO and solo maker, helping early-stage and Tech4Good ventures go from idea to validated MVP. His unusual background as a practicing archaeologist informs a systems-thinking, evidence-driven approach to technical strategy and product discovery.
8 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Archaeology, Master's degree, Archaeology at Université de Bordeaux
French, English