Emmanuel Krebs is a Staff Software Engineer and front-end tech lead at Algolia with 11 years of professional experience, based in Paris. He progressed from consultant and technical architect roles at Expertime to senior and staff engineering positions at Algolia, combining hands-on implementation with team leadership. Holding an engineering degree and a PhD in physical and theoretical chemistry, he brings a researcher's rigor to software design and complex problem solving. Emmanuel focuses on front-end excellence and developer productivity, translating deep technical knowledge into scalable user-facing systems. Not actively looking for new roles, he nonetheless stays current and visible in the developer community through his GitHub presence and internal leadership. His uncommon path from academic research to front-end engineering gives him a unique ability to bridge scientific precision and product-driven software development.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Diplôme d'ingénieur Chimie, Diplôme d'ingénieur Chimie at Ecole supérieure de Chimie organique et minérale
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) chimie-physique et théorique, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) chimie-physique et théorique at Pierre and Marie Curie University
personal project: an exploration at writing a test framework that addresses some of jest's shortcomings (imho)
Contributions:5 releases, 134 commits, 20 PRs in 1 year
testingtest-frameworkaddressesjest
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Emmanuel Krebs - Staff Software Engineer at Algolia