Thibault Sabathier
Toulouse, France · Open to opportunities

Thibault Sabathier

Founder of Terrilink · Tech Lead · Software engineer

Thibault Sabathier is the founder of Terrilink, a French platform for alumni networks and diasporas. A software engineer with over 15 years of experience, he built Terrilink from the needs of Aveyron Worldwide, the Aveyron diaspora he is a board member of and which is behind the project.

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15+years of software development experience, work-study included
3,035members on the Aveyron Worldwide platform
67countries represented in this community
4web products designed and delivered end to end

Work

What he has built

Terrilink

A SaaS platform for business clubs, alumni networks and diasporas, which he designs and develops. It includes Network Radar (natural-language search across member profiles), employment-outcome surveys (CGE, CTI and France Compétences frameworks), mentoring, internship, work-study and job offers, events, donation collection, a mobile app with notifications and a white-label version. Hosted in France (OVH), GDPR compliant.

They trust us: Aveyron Worldwide, 19connect (the La Corrèze en Partage association), Écoles Vidal, Écoles Billières and other networks.

  • Network Radar
  • CGE · CTI surveys
  • Mentoring
  • Jobs and internships
  • Events
  • Donations
  • Mobile app
  • White label
  • Hosted in France
  • GDPR

The Aveyron Worldwide platform

A web-based social platform for an international community (3,035 members in 67 countries), built solo end to end: architecture, full-stack development, infrastructure, deployment, monitoring and iterative improvements based on user feedback.

3,035members
67countries
  • Architecture
  • Full-stack
  • Infrastructure
  • Deployment
  • Monitoring
  • User feedback

The website of SMGB, a Potain tower crane dealer

The website of SMGB, a Potain tower crane dealer in Manhac (Aveyron, France), built end to end: concept, design, development and search optimization. It includes a job-site simulator that takes the building height, the distance to cover and the load, applies Potain's official load charts and suggests the right crane with a live scale drawing; a crane comparison tool; datasheets for 21 models; local city pages and practical guides, over 120 pages in all.

  • React
  • Node.js
  • Express
  • Pre-rendered pages
  • Interactive SVG
  • Local SEO
  • Structured data
Travance app, Planning screen: today's tasks by employee and crane
Travance app, customer signature screen: intervention summary, signer name and signature area
Travance app, list of signed intervention sheets, grouped by day

Travance, software for lifting companies

Job-site intervention software for lifting, crane-erection and maintenance companies, designed and built end to end: planning of crews and crane fleet, hours entered on the phone, work orders signed by the customer on site and sent as PDF, expense claims with photo receipts. It works offline, with notifications and voice input. Launching now: first pilot deployment planned at SMGB.

  • React
  • Node.js
  • MySQL
  • Zustand
  • Leaflet
  • Stripe
  • Offline mode
  • Push notifications
  • Touch signature
  • OVH VPS

On stage

Speaking engagements

On 3 November 2026, Thibault Sabathier spoke at the Rencontres Média12.fr/Occitanie (26th edition, Athyrium in Onet-le-Château, France), an evening devoted to Aveyron networks and to Aveyron natives around the world, in front of several hundred business leaders and local stakeholders. Invited to present the Aveyron Worldwide platform, which brings together 3,035 members in 67 countries, he also presented Terrilink, the platform that runs this network.

26thedition of the Rencontres
AthyriumOnet-le-Château, France
Hundredsof business leaders and local stakeholders
Thibault Sabathier, microphone in hand, on stage at the Rencontres Média12.fr/Occitanie on 3 November 2026, in front of a slide presenting Aveyron Worldwide (3,035 members, 67 countries) and Terrilink
Rencontres Média12.fr/Occitanie, Onet-le-Château, France, 3 November 2026. Thibault Sabathier (with the microphone) spoke to present the Aveyron Worldwide platform (3,035 members in 67 countries) and took the opportunity to present Terrilink to several hundred business leaders and local stakeholders. Read the event announcement on Média 12 (in French) →

Journey

Professional experience

  1. 2026 → present · Current

    Terrilink

    Founder

    Product ownership, development, and support for each network from the first demo to deployment.

  2. 2017 → present · Current

    Sopra Steria · Toulouse

    Fullstack React / Node.js Tech Lead (since June 2026)

    Previously software and design engineer on Angular, Spring Boot, PHP and C++ applications for aerospace, public administration and banking, including an R&D application displaying aircraft trajectories and projects with inshore/offshore teams.

  3. 2014 → 2017

    AUSY

    Software developer

    An application managing the rollout of network antennas for a telecom operator (estimates, agile, automated tests, continuous integration), then a Magento 2 e-commerce site.

  4. 2013 → 2014

    Eurogiciel

    Software and design engineer

    Business tools for aerospace and space: change-request management, supplier management, electronic-signature workflows.

  5. 2010 → 2013

    Livingobjects

    Software and design engineer (work-study)

    Internal tools, network data collection (Telnet, Ping, SNMP) and KPI reporting for telecom operators.

  6. 2009 → 2010

    Agence de communication occitane

    Software and design engineer (work-study)

    A website factory (CodeIgniter, JavaScript) and domain-name portfolio management.

Expertise

Skills

Front-end

  • React
  • Angular
  • JavaScript
  • TypeScript
  • Mobile app

Back-end

  • Node.js
  • PHP / Symfony
  • Spring Boot
  • REST APIs

Data

  • SQL
  • MySQL
  • HBase
  • PostgreSQL
  • Redis

AI and search

  • Natural-language search
  • Matching and scoring
  • Member introductions

Security, payments and compliance

  • Stripe
  • GDPR
  • Security by design
  • Hosting in France
  • CSP and security headers
  • hCaptcha (anti-bot)
  • UFW firewall
  • Fail2ban
  • SSH keys only, root disabled
  • Rate limiting

Product

  • Product management
  • SaaS
  • Business development
  • Demos and customer onboarding

Servers and networking

  • OVH VPS · Ubuntu 24.04
  • Multi-site Nginx
  • OVH DNS
  • SPF · DKIM · DMARC
  • Let’s Encrypt (auto-renewal)
  • TLS 1.3 · HSTS
  • Automatic security updates
  • Off-site backups
  • Monthly restore tests
  • PM2 · systemd
  • Git-based deployment

Infrastructure and delivery

  • Docker
  • AWS services
  • CI/CD (GitHub Actions)
  • Error monitoring (Sentry)
  • Continuous integration
  • Automated testing
  • Unit and integration testing
  • Performance
  • Architecture
  • Ollama (local LLM)

SEO and growth

  • SEO
  • GEO (visibility in AI answers)
  • Content marketing
  • Multilingual site FR / EN / ES
  • Umami (self-hosted analytics)

Academic background

Education

2010–20133iL, computer-science engineering schoolLimoges / Rodez · engineer's degree
2009–2010Centre universitaire ChampollionBachelor's second year (L2), computer science
2007–2009Lycée Louis RascolBTS IRIS (computer-science associate degree)

Let's talk

Thibault Sabathier is open to senior software engineer, tech lead or product-oriented roles, in environments where technical quality, ownership and user impact matter.

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