Summary
Lân Nguyen is a Senior Engineering Manager based in Greater Paris with nine years of experience evolving from front-end developer to senior leadership at Datadog. He blends deep front-end expertise with a broad systems background—C/C++, Java, Python and full web stack skills—rooted in an engineering degree from UTC and a simulation stint in Madrid. At Datadog he progressed rapidly from individual contributor to manager, demonstrating an ability to scale teams and delivery across observability products. He brings formal training in optimization, graph theory and simulation to practical engineering problems, making trade-offs measurable and predictable. Known for shipping polished user-facing experiences, he also has history in healthcare bioinformatics and localization at large tech firms, giving him a strong appreciation for regulated and international products. Colleagues value his mix of technical breadth, methodological rigor and hands-on empathy for engineers moving into leadership.
9 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
French Baccalauréat in Science with honors Sciences, French Baccalauréat in Science with honors Sciences at Lycée Jean de La Fontaine
Diplôme d'ingénieur Computer Science Software Engineering Operation Research Optimisation Decision Support System, Diplôme d'ingénieur Computer Science Software Engineering Operation Research Optimisation Decision Support System at Université de Technologie de Compiègne (UTC)
Software Development Simulation, Software Development Simulation at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
French, English, Spanish, Vietnamese