Summary
Leo Benoist is a Senior Sales Engineer with 12 years of hands-on experience translating complex technical products into commercial value for enterprise customers across finance, publishing and e-commerce. Currently at ComplyAdvantage and previously at Instabase and Permutive, he specializes in AI-driven solutions, RAG/Deep Learning use cases, data-driven monetization strategies and large-scale pre-sales engineering. He blends a developer’s background in Symfony, React and scalable backend systems with a proven track record running RFPs, POVs and multi-country technical engagements using MEDDIC. As a founder and CTO of Esseyi, he also builds mission-driven consumer-facing PWAs and APIs, demonstrating a rare mix of product entrepreneurship and enterprise sales engineering. Based in Nantes, France, he is comfortable leading teams, creating tooling to industrialize pre-sales processes, and turning technical complexity into measurable business outcomes.
12 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
High school diploma Science, High school diploma Science at High school
MSc. Master of Science Computer Science, MSc. Master of Science Computer Science at SUPINFO
French, English