Resume
Antoine Ménard
Software Engineering Manager | Product Engineering, Performance & Reliability
Email:contact@antoinemenard.comWebsite:antoinemenard.comGitHub:github.com/enthouanLinkedIn:linkedin.com/in/menardantoine
Summary
Software engineering manager with 15+ years spanning hands-on product engineering, technical leadership, and people management. I’ve led multidisciplinary teams across mobile products, client platforms, and camera experiences where performance, reliability, and product quality require clear priorities and cross-functional execution.
Experience
Software Engineering Manager
Snap Inc.
- Directly managed 15 engineers across iOS, Android, backend, and Data Science teams spanning Spectacles, Camera, and Platform. Led hiring, mentoring, and performance management, including co-running talent calibrations and promotion panels for a 100+ person engineering organization.
- Led company-wide performance and reliability programs, aligning teams on priorities and strengthening monitoring and internal tooling for root-cause analysis and remediation. The resulting gains, including faster app startup and lower Camera open latency and failure rates, directly correlated with increased user engagement.
- Contributed to Camera initiatives including Director Mode and Home & Lock Screen Widgets, supporting implementation, reliability, and post-launch iterations.
Software Engineering Technical Lead
Snap Inc.
- Led the iOS engineering team for Spectacles from prototype through launch, owning delivery of core features across the first two product generations.
- Partnered across product, design, firmware, and hardware teams to resolve cross-stack issues and support manufacturing and launch timelines.
iOS Software Engineer
Twenty20 Inc.
- Led development of the iOS app, shipping major updates including a redesigned upload flow, full UI refresh, and an in-app model-release workflow that enabled people depicted in photos to authorize commercial licensing.
- Automated localization and release workflows by integrating external translation services and introducing CI for testing and distributing alpha, beta, and production builds.
iOS Software Engineer
Dashlane SAS
- Owned the iOS implementation of Security Breach Alerts and PIN-based app locking, while contributing to vault management, autofill, and sync through the shared cross-platform C++ data model.
- Owned the engineering implementation of Dashlane's iOS 7 redesign, partnering closely with design and providing technical guidance on the transition from skeuomorphic UI to Apple's new visual language.
Mobile Engineering Consultant
L’Argus de la Presse SA
- Led technical coordination with an external agency developing a mobile-optimized web product, reviewing deliverables, clarifying requirements, and keeping implementation aligned with product goals.
Teaching Assistant
Epitech (European Institute of Technology)
- Independently taught classes and hands-on labs in C programming, UNIX systems, PHP, and MySQL, mentoring students through projects, assignments, and debugging.
Web Software Engineer
Acre SAS
- Contributed to migrating a legacy COBOL insurance system to a PHP/Symfony/MySQL intranet, including optimizing SQL queries to improve backend data-access performance.
Education
Epitech (European Institute of Technology)
Master of Computer Science, Software Engineering
California State University San Marcos
Exchange Student, Computer Science
Epitech (European Institute of Technology)
Bachelor of Computer Science, Software Engineering
Patents
- Image capture eyewear with auto-sendCo-inventor, Snap Inc. - US11968460B2 - Granted Apr 23, 2024
- Wearable device location accuracy systemsCo-inventor, Snap Inc. - US12160792B2 - Granted Dec 3, 2024
Languages
- FrenchNative
- EnglishFluent