Mathieu Rousse is a Head of Engineering based in Paris with 11 years of experience building and leading high-performance software teams across startups and scale-ups. He combines deep technical roots in microelectronics, systems security and full-stack development with hands-on leadership from roles at Datadog to co-founding Hopserve and now leading engineering at Escape. His background spans AI-driven SaaS (Madumbo), cloud-native observability, and security-focused R&D, giving him a strong footing in both product-driven engineering and operational reliability. Known for moving between individual contributor work and strategic team leadership, he brings a pragmatic, systems-oriented approach to scaling engineering organizations. A graduate of École des Mines de Saint-Étienne with further specialization in network and systems security, he often blends low-level performance thinking with product and security priorities.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Diplôme d'ingénieur, Microélectronique et Informatique, Diplôme d'ingénieur, Microélectronique et Informatique at École des Mines de Saint-Étienne
Spécialisation Sécurité des Systèmes et Réseaux, Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance, Spécialisation Sécurité des Systèmes et Réseaux, Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance at Télécom SudParis
Certificat de CPGE, MPSI / MP-Info, Certificat de CPGE, MPSI / MP-Info at Classe Préparatoire Blaise Pascal d'Orsay
Contributions:30 releases, 324 reviews, 374 commits in 2 years 8 months
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