Summary
Nicolas Macherey is a seasoned CTO and serial founder with 11+ years delivering cloud-native, data-driven platforms and microservices architectures for startups and SMBs. Currently co-founder and CTO of HappyColis and Le Drive Local, he blends hands-on engineering (Symfony, React, DevOps/Docker/Kubernetes on AWS) with product strategy, architecture, and operational leadership. He has built and scaled teams from scratch, introduced TDD/BDD practices, and led transitions to microservices and domain-driven designs while keeping a strong focus on communication, scalability and quality. With a master’s in statistics, data mining and a background in signal processing and entrepreneurship, he uniquely bridges data science and software engineering to turn business requirements into resilient production systems. Colleagues describe him as a technology addict who shares knowledge through open source and mentorship, often stepping into interim CTO/PMO roles to accelerate change.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Electrical Engineering Computer Science Signal Processing, Electrical Engineering Computer Science Signal Processing at ESCPE Lyon
Centre des entrepreneurs Gestion Marketing Finance, Centre des entrepreneurs Gestion Marketing Finance at emlyon business school
Master in statistics computer science and Data Mining Data Mining Statistics, Master in statistics computer science and Data Mining Data Mining Statistics at Université Lumière Lyon 2
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