Samuel Merlet
Head Of Engineering at Obat
Greater Nantes Metropolitan Area France
Summary
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Top SchoolSamuel Merlet is a seasoned engineering leader with 14+ years of professional experience and over two decades of hands-on development across full-stack, technical lead, and management roles. Currently Head of Engineering at Obat, he translates business vision into measurable technical execution, driving delivery KPIs, platform stability, and an ownership culture summed up by "You build it, you run it." He combines deep practical knowledge of PHP, JS, databases and cloud patterns with modern practices like CI/CD, AI enablement, and incident-resilient architectures. Known for protecting engineers' focus time and codifying clear working norms (RFCs, WIP limits, Codex Engineering), he balances feature velocity with technical debt control. A self-taught developer with a background as a sound engineer, he brings an uncommon blend of technical rigor and attention to user-facing detail that helps teams ship reliable, scalable products.
13 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Développement informatique, Développement informatique at AutodidacteIngénieur du son, Ingénieur du son at S.A.E Paris
English
Github Skills (2)
mvc2
php2
Github contributions (1)
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