Théotime Rivière is a founder and seasoned software professional with 12 years of experience building products and technical teams from Antibes, France. He founded Freedom From Scratch in 2019 and has held senior roles including Tech Lead at Astran and Head of Tech Innovation at Believe, bridging product strategy and hands-on engineering. His background spans product management and storage engineering at Scaleway as well as freelance and early-stage web development, giving him a pragmatic full-stack perspective. Comfortable moving between startup scrappiness and structured product delivery, he focuses on shipping reliable systems that align with business goals. Trained at 42 and with a steady progression through diverse technical roles, he brings both peer-driven coding roots and leadership experience. An entrepreneur at heart, he quietly blends technical depth with a knack for turning exploratory projects into sustainable ventures.
12 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Développeur, Développeur at 42
Licence, Licence at Université Blaise Pascal (Clermont-II) - Clermont-Ferrand
Contributions:19 PRs, 30 pushes, 15 branches in 4 years 1 month
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Théotime Rivière - Founder at Freedom From Scratch