Hi, I'm
Julien Syx
CTO / Product Lead @ Cycloid
Passionate about tech since childhood, CTO at Cycloid since its founding in 2015. I drive product strategy and lead a 15-person team working fully remote across Europe.
My journey
From passion to product
EPITECH - Learning to learn
Passionate about computing since childhood, choosing EPITECH was obvious after a Scientific Baccalaureate with Engineering Sciences. A school whose philosophy rests on a simple principle: learning to learn. Technology evolves too fast to rest on your laurels.
Work-study and the professional world
From my first-year internship in web development, I wanted to step into the working world. In second year, part-time between company and school. From third year, a work-study contract: three days at work, two at school, weekends to compensate. Over these years, I evolved from development to system administration.
First roles and skill building
From 2010 to 2012, I worked as a system engineer, managing high-traffic e-commerce platforms (Etam, Christian Louboutin, The Kooples...), before taking on a Technical Lead role.
eNovance - Cutting-edge Cloud
In 2012, I joined eNovance, a company at the forefront of hosting and cloud computing, where I was already half-remote. A deep dive into the OpenStack ecosystem and the most advanced DevOps practices.
Professional experience
Over 15 years in IT
Cycloid
CTO / Product Lead
CTO since Cycloid's founding. Product strategy and technical leadership for a unified internal developer platform, simplifying Cloud and DevOps adoption.
- Built and managed the engineering team (15 people)
- Product strategy and roadmap in collaboration with teams
- Fully remote across Europe, English as working language
- Recruiting and structuring the engineering team
- Early AI adopter: leading the full rewrite of the product with AI
- Rolled out AI tooling (Cursor, Claude) across the team, with deep knowledge of best practices
Red Hat
Senior Cloud Consultant
Following the acquisition of eNovance by Red Hat, continued cloud and OpenStack consulting at global scale.
- Global-scale cloud and infrastructure consulting
- OpenStack and open source technology expertise
eNovance
DevOps Engineer
Cutting-edge hosting and cloud computing company. Deep dive into the OpenStack ecosystem and advanced DevOps practices.
- OpenStack ecosystem and cloud computing
- Advanced DevOps practices
- Managed Warner Bros websites
Skills
Technical and human
Cloud & Infrastructure
DevOps & Automation
Development
AI & Tooling
Leadership & Strategy
Languages
Projects
Personal projects and passions
Yahoki
Hiking blog "Chronicles of wild walks" (野歩記). Family adventure stories through nature, with photos and GPS tracks.
Yaholink
Hiking application for planning, tracking and sharing walking routes.
Sénart Taekwondo Hapkido
Website for the Sénart taekwondo and hapkido club (~250 members). Information, schedule and registration.
Commitments
Climate, sports and teaching
Climate Fresk Facilitator
2023 - ...La Fresque du Climat
Facilitating fun, participative and creative workshops on climate change based on collective intelligence.
Digital Fresk Facilitator
2023 - ...La Fresque du Numérique
Raising awareness of the environmental impact of digital technology through collaborative workshops.
2 Tonnes Workshop Facilitator
2023 - ...2tonnes
Facilitating immersive workshops to explore individual and collective levers for reducing carbon footprint.
Contact
Feel free to reach out