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Xavier Grand

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CTO & Chief Architect at Algolia
📍 Paris, Île-de-France, France

Xavier is a founding engineer and the current CTO of Algolia. He has been instrumental in scaling the companys core search product from its inception to a global scale, navigating the challenges of hyper-growth. He holds an Engineers degree from EPITA.

Outside of his core responsibilities, Xavier is passionate about sharing his knowledge with the wider tech community. He has experience as a trainer and teaching assistant, creating and leading sessions on advanced technical topics like on-call management.

Unique fact: Xavier joined Algolia as an intern when it was a 5-person startup and progressed through the ranks to become CTO over a decade.

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Experience
5 Years
Current Role
CTO & Chief Architect
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Paris, Île-de-France, France
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Priorities

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Scaling Infrastructure
His primary strength is scaling products and infrastructure, ensuring reliability and predictability while a company is in a hyper-growth phase.
On-call Management
He develops and leads training sessions to share his deep expertise on managing on-call duties, gained over nine years at Algolia.
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Career

Work history

4-2024
CTO & Chief Architect
Algolia
4-2024 - 4-2024
Distinguished Engineer
Algolia
10-2021 - 4-2024
Senior Staff Software Engineer
Algolia
7-2023
Trainer
Pollen
1-2013 - 1-2014
C, C++ and Java teaching assistant
EPITA
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Education
2008 - 2014
Engineer's degree
EPITA
2008 - 2014
Engineer's degree
EPITA: Ecole d'Ingénieurs en Informatique
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