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I am Mathieu Lamiot, a France-based tech-enthusiast engineer passionate about system design and bringing brilliant individuals together as a team. I dedicate myself to Tech & Engineering management, leading teams to make an impact, deliver value and accomplish great things.
My professional journey
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group.one
2025 – Now
VP Engineering (Website SaaS)
I lead several engineering departments of the SaaS Business Unit of group.one, across multiple brands including WP Media & RankMath. Our products include WP Rocket, RankMath, Imagify, GTMetrix, RocketCDN & BackWPUp; they are powering millions of websites and used by hundreds of thousands of users.
I am a member of WP Media’s leadership committee.
I manage 20+ FTE working in international teams.
The engineering department’s expertise covers WordPress plugin development, high-scale backend services, self-hosted and self-operated infrastructure, and WordPress e-commerce website development.
Stack: PHP (WordPress), Python (Django), Node.JS, React, PostgreSQL, CockroachDB, MariaDB, Redis, MongoDB, Kubernetes
2023 – 2024
Engineering manager (WP Media)
WP Media is a group.one brand, leader in WordPress website performance optimization, a group.One company
I lead the engineering department of WP Media, and I am in charge of all the company’s products: WP Rocket, Imagify, RocketCDN & BackWPUp.
I grew the team from 8 to 14 engineers (software engineers & QA engineers) and organized the department across multiple squads.
The engineering department’s expertise covers WordPress plugin development, high-scale backend services, self-hosted and self-operated infrastructure, and WordPress e-commerce website development.Stack: PHP (WordPress), Python (Django), Node.JS, PostgreSQL, CockroachDB, Redis, Kubernetes
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Lydia
2022 – 2023
French fintech unicorn offering a mobile banking app used by more than 10 millions users
Technical Product Manager – Core Banking
I was responsible for the Core Banking system: its evolution, maintenance and operations. This system is handling ≈600M€ of transactions per month (wallet-to-wallet, acquiring, issuing, SEPA transfers) and generated ≈1M€/month of revenues.
I led the team of software engineers and operations specialists for that scope and defined the product roadmap.
I led the design of a complete revamp of the Core Banking system with the team. I oversaw the implementation and delivery of this new system, and its roll-out to replace the legacy one.
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Safran Data Systems
2019 – 2022
Leader in instrumentation for testing, telemetry and communications for space
Product Engineering Manager (2021 – 2022)
I launched and managed the Cortex NuRoN product line: the first fully software-based modem of the company.
I recruited, managed and led a team of 6 engineers (software developers, signal processing engineers, project managers) dedicated to the product line.
Technical Project Manager (2020)
I managed projects and delivered custom telecommunication modems for clients of the Cortex HDR product line. (C++, VHDL, Matlab)
Signal Processing Engineer (2019 – 2020)
I designed and implemented signal processing algorithms for satellite telecommunication within the Cortex HDR product line. (C++, VHDL, Matlab)
My academic background
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Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
2017-2019
As part of a double-diploma track, I graduated with an engineering diploma in electrical engineering.
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Ecole polytechnique (X)
2014 – 2017
Top 1 engineering school in France
I graduated with an engineering diploma, majoring in electrical engineering.
I received an “Outstanding Investment” distinction for contributing to several major events and student associations.