Lucas Scariot

Engineering Leader · Exited Founder · CTO

Paris · London

lucas@scariot.fr

linkedin.com/in/lucasscariot

Engineering leader with 10+ years building and scaling startups, from first engineer to co-founder and CTO of an acquired company. People-first, pragmatic, and hands-on when it matters.

Experience

  • 2025 → Present

    United Kingdom

    VP of Engineering · Veezu

    Leading engineering for a multi-brand private-hire technology platform. Owning org design, delivery, and platform strategy across regional brands.

    • Multi-brand platform supporting 25m+ rides across the UK
    • Driving the engineering org through its next phase of consolidation and modernisation
    • Setting hiring strategy, technical direction, and delivery cadence

  • 2021 → 2025 · acquired 2024

    Paris

    Co-founder & CTO · Voggt

    Co-founded a European live-commerce marketplace for collectibles. Led it from MVP through fundraising, seven-market expansion, and the 2024 acquisition.

    • Built product, engineering, design, and data to 25 people inside a 100-person company
    • Built and shipped the first version end-to-end: backend, native apps, and video infrastructure
    • Expanded across 7 European markets (FR, UK, DE, ES, NL, BE, CH)
    • Operated through Seed and Series A; closed acquisition with a strategic buyer
    • Owned product, technology, and data as co-founder; co-led fundraising and GTM

  • 2018 → 2021

    Paris

    Lead Software Engineer · Trust, Safety & Identity · Yubo

    Founded the Trust, Safety & Identity engineering practice. Built the platform protecting tens of millions of young users worldwide.

    • Hired and led a cross-functional team of 5 (engineers + designer)
    • Internal tooling used by 100+ safety specialists handling millions of monthly reviews
    • Introduced AI-driven automation, reducing manual moderation effort significantly
    • Partnered with Pharos (FR) and FBI (US) on operational safety frameworks
    • Helped position the company through a $47.5M Series C raise

  • 2018

    Paris

    Software Engineer · PayFit

    Product engineering on a fast-growing French HR/payroll scale-up.

  • 2017 → 2018

    Paris

    Software Engineer (Founding) · Forest Admin · eFounders

    First engineering hire. Helped turn an open-source project into a venture-backed business.

    • Shipped billing and premium features that unlocked the company's revenue model
    • Full-stack across Python/Django, Node.js, Rails, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and GraphQL
    • Took the company from pre-revenue to Series A

  • 2016 → 2017

    Paris

    Software Engineer · Wing

    Early-stage product engineering at an eFounders-incubated startup.

Recognition

Consistently endorsed on LinkedIn by direct reports and peers for people-first leadership, strategic clarity, and a willingness to get hands-on.

  • Anthony De SousaFounding Product Designer, Voggt
  • Anh-Joffrey ArmandLead Engineer, Voggt
  • Jean-Christophe NarwaSenior Staff Engineer, Voggt

Full recommendations available on linkedin.com/in/lucasscariot

Skills

  • Engineering Leadership
  • Org Design & Hiring
  • Scaling Teams (5 → 25)
  • Product Strategy
  • Technical Architecture
  • Trust & Safety
  • Data & AI
  • Fundraising
  • Acquisition & Integration