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Nicolas Carenton

Critic · DISC type C
Director of Engineering at Filigran
📍 Rouen, Normandy, France

Nicolas is a Director of Engineering at Filigran with over 15 years of experience leading product development and scaling teams in the cybersecurity sector. He specializes in architecting high-performance, open-source systems and holds a Master of Science from EPITECH.

His career has included unique technical challenges, such as maintaining data acquisition systems for the French Polar Institute. This involved supporting diverse scientific research, including climate models, glacier motion, and even wildlife tracking in remote environments.

Unique fact: He previously maintained the network and data systems used for counting penguins at a polar research institute.

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Experience
18 Years
Current Role
Director of Engineering
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Rouen, Normandy, France
Personality Overview

How Nicolas shows up

Negotiator
Critic
Objective Thinker

Unless the value is proven by data, they are unlikely to value fancy features. It is very likely that they will negotiate pricing or other important terms. They like to take decisions independently and do not seek others' support often.

Priorities

Topics Nicolas cares about

Open-Source Security
As Director of Engineering at Filigran, he is actively hiring for and building a team focused on the intersection of cybersecurity and open-source technology.
Scaling Engineering Teams
He has a proven track record of recruiting, mentoring, and leading fully remote engineering teams to develop new SaaS platforms from scratch.
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Career

Work history

1-2026
Director of Engineering
Filigran
5-2020 - 1-2026
Engineering Manager
CybelAngel
8-2016 - 4-2020
Senior Software Engineer
BlaBlaCar
5-2013 - 8-2016
Software Engineer
CNRS
12-2011 - 3-2013
Systems and Network Engineer
Institut polaire français Paul-Émile Victor
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
2002 - 2007
Master of Science
EPITECH - European Institute of Technology
2005 - 2006
Master of Science
Dalian Polytechnic University
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

C

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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