Maxime Barbot
Forward Deployed Engineer
One problem. One solution.
simple
I get into a business, spot what is blocking and ship the tool that fixes it: an app, an internal system or an automation.
Real problems, shipped solutions
Three products I designed and launched alone. Each one started from a problem I had seen up close.
TennisPadelMatchup
Since 2024
The app that connects tennis and padel players, and makes life easier for clubs.
In Paris there were too many players for too few courts. In the countryside, courts everywhere and nobody to play with. I built the tool that brings players together, then a full toolkit for clubs: communication, tournaments, website, booking and shop.
- Players
- Clubs
- Tournaments
Lokaa
Since 2025
Every event in your town, in one app.
Which match can I watch this weekend in my town? The answer was scattered between the town hall website, Facebook and Instagram. Lokaa gathers every local event in one place, fills itself automatically, and lets anyone publish.
- Sport
- Culture
- Local life
BetClutch
Since 2025
Real-time scores, and an alert when the favourite is losing.
My most technical challenge: follow matches in real time, analyse scores, odds and statistics, and send an alert the moment a favourite falls behind. All of it in an interface that stays readable at a glance.
- Real time
- Data
- Alerts
What I bring to a team
01
Understand fast
I sit with the people who do the work, listen, and find what is slowing them down. I adapt quickly to a business I did not know the week before.
02
Improve the system
Processes, internal tools, data flows: I simplify what exists and automate what is still done by hand. It is not always a new app. Often it is a better system.
03
Design and user experience
Simple, clear, effective interfaces are my priority. A good tool is one nobody needs to explain.
04
Ship, end to end
Idea, design, development, release, follow-up. I carry the whole chain on my own, with AI as a daily tool to move faster.
Skills
What I build
From the need to the tool in people's hands, marketing included.
- iOS and Android apps
- Websites
- Internal tools
- Custom software
- Automations
- Landing pages
- Search ranking (SEO)
- App Store and Google Play listings
- Emails and notifications
Design and product
What I care about most: a tool nobody needs to explain.
- Interface design
- User experience
- Figma
- Mock-ups
- Prototypes
- User journeys
- Mobile and web
- Interface animations
- Visual identity
- Product management
Technical skills
Ten years of front-end, and the back-end to ship on my own.
- React
- React Native
- Expo
- Next.js
- TypeScript
- Tailwind CSS
- Node.js
- PostgreSQL
- MongoDB
- Real time
- Stripe
- Push notifications
- Automated tests
- Automation
Experience
2025 – present
Founder · Maxdev
Founder · France
I design, build and run three products on my own, on the web and on mobile: TennisPadelMatchup, Lokaa and BetClutch. I carry the whole chain: design, development, release, payment and user support.
- React Native
- Next.js
- TypeScript
- Node.js
- PostgreSQL
Dec 2018 – Mar 2025
Front-end developer · United Heroes ↗
Front-end developer · Paris · formerly Sport Heroes
Six years in the product team of a platform companies use to run sport and wellbeing challenges for their employees. I built its web and mobile apps on a shared codebase, branded for each client company.
- React
- React Native
- TypeScript
- Redux
- Next.js
Jul 2015 – May 2018
Front-end developer · Dalenys ↗
Front-end developer · Amsterdam · now Payplug
Merchant interfaces of an online payment provider, and an email campaign tool for businesses.
- JavaScript
- HTML & CSS
2014 · 6 months
Developer · St Vincent's Hospital ↗
Developer · Ireland
A tracking tool that improved communication between patients and doctors.
2012 · 6 months
Developer · Novelis ↗
Developer · France
An application to manage aluminium melting furnaces, designed on the shop floor with the operators.
Education
Master of Computer Science
University College Dublin · 2013 – 2014
Bachelor in Business for IT
Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology · 2012 – 2013 · Student of the year
Bachelor in Software Development
University of Malta · 2011 – 2012
Diploma of Technology, Computer Science
Université du Havre · 2008 – 2010
French (native), English (fluent). Nearly ten years lived abroad: Ireland, Malta, the Netherlands.
A problem to solve?
Open to any kind of engagement: freelance, consulting or an in-house role.