Summary
François Benaiteau is a Staff iOS Engineer and Engineering Manager based in Paris with 15 years of experience building native mobile apps and developer tooling. He specializes in Swift and Objective‑C for iOS, with deep practical experience in Git workflows and Ruby on Rails backends, and a history of improving team productivity through templates, CI scripts and reusable libraries. After nearly a decade as a freelance iOS consultant and digital nomad, he now leads iOS engineering at Wire, bringing both hands‑on coding and people leadership to product delivery. His past roles include shipping consumer and enterprise apps, leading mobile teams at game and agency shops, and contributing open-source tools that eased app setup and localization. Known for pairing pragmatic engineering with process improvements, he often bridges design intent and developer ergonomics through internal tooling. He combines systems-level thinking from his networking education with a maker’s instinct for reusable infrastructure and polished user experiences.
15 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Master, Information Systems and Networking, Master, Information Systems and Networking at Ecole supérieure d'Electronique de l'Ouest-ESEO ANGERS
Master's degree, Networking Technologies, Master's degree, Networking Technologies at International Institute of Information Technology
French, English