Clara Michel

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Embedded Engineer, Quayside Digital - Bluetooth LE · hardware bring-up · C

Quayside Digital
Paris, France · CET (UTC+1)
2+ years experience
Humboldt University of Berlin
English, French, Mandarin
Open to work
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Overview

I work on embedded systems at Quayside Digital in Paris. Wrote the Bluetooth LE service that now handles 51 million requests a day. Previously at Supercell. Most at home with C and RTOS. Learning woodworking.

Good reasons to reach out
  • Roles in embedded systems
  • Second opinions on hardware bring-up decisions
  • Questions about embedded systems
  • Thoughtful intros to people in my field
Please don't message about
  • Agency or outsourcing pitches
  • Courses and coaching offers
  • Requests to fix your code for free

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Skills
Bluetooth LERTOShardware bring-upC
Open to workLooking for a role
closes in 3 months

Open to Embedded Engineer roles at seed marketplaces companies

Target roles
Embedded Engineer
Level
Mid
Industries
Developer tools, Logistics
Work mode
On-site
Available
From next quarter
Work authorization
Authorized to work in France
What I'm looking for
Scope to lead embedded systems work, with a manager who gives direct feedback.
Not interested in
Pure people management

2 years in embedded systems. Strongest at RTOS and hardware bring-up. Open to the right conversation.

Paris, Francebluetooth lehardware bring-upc
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Experience

  1. Embedded Engineer
    Dec 2025 - Present
    Quayside Digital · 10 mo · Full-time · Paris, France
    • Moved 70% of firmware traffic off a legacy monolith without a customer-facing incident.
    • Shipped a rewrite that took build times from 43 minutes to under 5.
    • Reduced cloud spend on firmware by 40% in two quarters.
  2. Embedded Engineer
    Oct 2024 - Dec 2025
    Supercell · 1 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Paris, France
    • Moved 67% of firmware traffic off a legacy monolith without a customer-facing incident.

Projects

Conference talk: lessons from firmware
2026

What went wrong and what worked while scaling embedded systems.

Write-up: embedded systems in practice
2022

A long-form guide to embedded systems for people starting out.

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Education

  1. Humboldt University of Berlin
    BA, Computer Engineering
    2021 - 2024

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