Software Engineering Manager based in Lannion, France, with 20+ years of experience across team leadership, software architecture, cloud platforms, and hands-on development.
I currently lead the software department of Exail Robotics' simulation division, where I help teams deliver robust training simulators while improving engineering workflows, CI/CD practices, and software quality.
- Lead multidisciplinary software teams and stay close to architecture decisions
- Build and improve software factories, delivery pipelines, and quality processes
- Design scalable systems around microservices, asynchronous platforms, and cloud environments
- Keep a strong hands-on mindset with Java, PHP, and backend engineering
- 20+ years in software engineering and engineering leadership
- Experience spanning telecom, SaaS, web crawling, gaming, and simulation
- Built systems processing billions of web pages per day
- Contributor to ONAP for 5G network lifecycle management
- Named inventor on 3 patents
I enjoy sharing knowledge through talks and community events, especially around developer communities in Brittany, including Code d'Armor and several DevFest editions.
Java · Spring · PHP · Laravel · Golang · PostgreSQL · Redis · RabbitMQ · Docker · OpenShift · GCP
- Website: liard.me
- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/samuelliard
- Talks & writing: liard.me/talks




