Apple Arcade expands its award-winning catalogue to more than 180 games - Apple (IL)
👋 Hello, my name is Thibaut!
I am an Award winning Director of Engineering and Creator of the SongPop tech. Leveraging 15+ years of experience as a full-stack developer at startups, I excel at building and leading lean, efficient teams that deliver high-quality apps for millions of users. My expertise in engineering and product development has earned me awards and recognition in the industry.
Work Experience
- Hired, built and managed 4 international teams, fostering a culture of continuous learning, high velocity with very low turnover, while reducing costs.
- Orchestrated the development of a new frontend framework in React and React Native which improved features development by 50%.
- Led technical discussions with the Apple Arcade Team, and added an Apple Music integration, resulting in our game (SongPop Party) being featured by Apple multiple times, increasing daily installs by 3x.
- Increased team productivity by building significant code foundation for iOS and Android, designing GraphQL API, writing technical documentation and code reviews.
- Developed internal CI/CD tools to automate app/backend deployments, reducing feedback loop by 98%.
- Launched the sequel to the biggest music trivia game in the world, SongPop 2, with universal acclaim, increasing company revenue by 30%.
- Collaborated extensively with cross-functional teams, including product, user acquisition, sales and analytics to drive successful projects evolution, boosting daily installs by 20% and sales by 30%.
- Reduced server costs by 50% through careful resource optimization and better cost monitoring.
- Created the award winning game SongPop, in 2 months, for iOS/Android and Web, using Agile methods.
- Developed (and open-sourced) one of the first cross-platform In-app Purchase/Subscription library, adding $5M in revenue.
- Continuously improved the UX, experienced by +120M users, working closely with the Design and Backend team, doubling app performance on slow devices leading to 4.8 stars rating on iOS and Android.
- Implemented tracking system and dashboard to monitor and debug issues, reducing crashes by 90%.
Relevant Projects
SongPop Party
#1 Music Trivia Game for Apple Arcade
4.8 stars rating on Apple Arcade. Best multiplayer Music Trivia Game for families.
The 24 Games Of Christmas! Day #1: SongPop Party – Digitally Downloaded
Review: SongPop Party (Nintendo Switch) – Digitally Downloaded
SongPop
#1 Music Trivia Game in the world
#1 Music Trivia Game in the world. 120M users lifetime. Peak 6M DAU.
