Florent DALIGAND

Tech Lead @ Juri’Predis

France

About

I’m a tech leader with a strong background in backend engineering and AI-driven product development. Over the past years, I’ve evolved from hands-on software developer to leading multidisciplinary teams that design, build, and scale intelligent systems. At Juripredis (LegalTech), I led the transformation of our product from a traditional legal search engine into an AI-powered assistant for lawyers, leveraging LLMs, RAG architectures, and agentic workflows to deliver contextual and reasoning-based answers. My expertise spans the entire lifecycle — from data engineering and features development (Python, Golang, Airflow) to observability, CI/CD automation (ELK, Grafana, GitLabCI), and production scalability (Docker, Kubernetes, Ansible). I’m passionate about bridging the gap between AI research and real-world applications, building systems that turn unstructured data into actionable insights.

Experience

  • Juri'Predis (Remote)
    • TechLead
      Jan 2023 - Oct 2025 · 2 yrs 10 mos

      I led the technical vision and execution for Juripredis’s transition from legacy systems to a modern, scalable stack, while staying hands-on in development and collaboration. Project Leadership & Planning: - Defined technical specs, roadmaps, and priorities for major initiatives (GenAI/RAG, K8s migration, Auth0/Stripe integration). - Worked closely with sales, marketing, and product teams to align engineering with business goals. - Hired and mentored engineers, focusing on technical rigor and cross-functional communication. Key Realizations - GenAI/RAG System: Replaced the legacy search engine with a RAG-based agentic workflow for legal search and document analysis. - Kubernetes Migration: Moved from Docker Compose to K8s + Terraform/Ansible, improving scalability and reliability. - Payments & Auth: Refactored legacy systems to Stripe + Auth0, modernizing critical infrastructure. Hands-On Development: Continued to code, review, and prototype alongside the team—picking up Golang, Terraform, and K8s as needed to deliver.

    • Senior Python Backend developer
      Nov 2020 - Jan 2023 · 2 yrs 3 mos

      Led the migration of legacy ETL processes to Airflow, improving reliability and reducing manual intervention by 60% (based on JIRA tickets). Optimized data loading into Elasticsearch for faster search and analytics. Designed and deployed a scalable monitoring stack (ELK, InfluxDB, Grafana, Slack alerts) to track production KPIs in real time. Enabled proactive incident response, reducing mean time to resolution and ensuring 24/7 visibility into system health. Developed Detect and Legal Comment, two search-powered features for automated legal document analysis. Grafana dashboards confirmed a 25% increase in user engagement, correlating feature usage with reduced manual review time and higher workflow efficiency. Refactored GitLab CI pipelines and introduced Ansible/Docker for zero-downtime deployments, slashing release cycles from hours to minutes.

  • Python Backend Developer at Linxo
    Oct 2016 - Nov 2020 · 4 yrs 2 mos

    Joined Linxo as a mid-level backend developer and grew into a fully autonomous contributor within the Connectors squad. Designed and maintained high-availability banking connectors handling 2M+ synchronizations per day, serving 1M+ end-users with real-time financial data aggregation. Modernized legacy systems (Python / Java / Shell / PostgreSQL) and implemented observability with InfluxDB and Grafana, improving incident detection and system reliability. Drove containerization and deployment automation using Docker, Kubernetes, and Ansible, reducing release time from half a day to a single CI/CD trigger.

  • Software Developer at INSIDE Secure
    Nov 2013 - Oct 2016 · 3 yrs

    • Designed and deployed a full continuous integration pipeline with Jenkins for a 10-developer team, automating build, test, and deployment workflows. • Developed and maintained QA automation tools (Python/Shell) to replace manual test execution, significantly increasing test coverage and reliability. • Built a web dashboard (Python/Django/PostgreSQL) to visualize test results and monitor nightly campaign runs, improving visibility and feedback for the entire dev team.

  • Software developer at METAL DEPLOYE RESISTOR
    Jan 2012 - Oct 2013 · 1 yr 10 mos

    As an Industrial computing developer, I work on software architecture design, development of generic and modular source code, implementation of new communication protocols. Project started as an trainee and finish as employee. Project manager on complex systems (automatism , electronic, mechanic ). International project (Europe,Asia and Middle East) from 10k€ to +100k€. I was the unique interface with the customer after the purchase order, manager of key points ( release planning , factory acceptance test, commissioning), technical support main interface

  • Embedded software developer at Bosch Rexroth
    Sep 2010 - Feb 2011 · 6 mos

     Development of the firmware in an electronic joystick (THE5) • Optimization of the main scheduler • Time optimization to fit real time processing ( assembly code ) • Development of new features involving PWM and CAN protocol • Elaboration of test plan • Validation of the development