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Xavier Grand is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Algolia, a leading API-first platform for search and discovery. A founding engineer at Algolia, Grand has grown with the company from its earliest days, shipping core search infrastructure from zero to global scale. His deep technical expertise and long tenure make him a defining force behind Algolia's innovation and continued expansion in the search and discovery industry.
Who is the CTO of Algolia?
Xavier Grand is a founding engineer at Algolia who has been with the company since its earliest days, growing alongside it from a team of five to over 750 people. Over the course of his tenure, he progressed from engineer to engineering manager, then to principal engineer, and ultimately to CTO. He shipped Algolia's core search infrastructure from the ground up, scaling it to global reach.
Grand's strength lies in scaling products and infrastructure as a company hyper-scales around them — making complex systems reliable, predictable, and accessible to real customers. He is passionate about taking deep technology and productizing it in ways that a typical engineer can integrate in hours rather than weeks, and he remains closely connected to users, reliability, and shipping.
Work History
Xavier Grand's career has been defined by his long-standing commitment to Algolia, where he has held progressively senior engineering roles. Here is a summary of his professional journey:
- Algolia - CTO, April 2024 – Present
- Algolia - Senior Staff Software Engineer, October 2021 – April 2024
- Ingénium - Javascript and PHP Developer, June 2011 – July 2011
Education History
Xavier Grand studied Computer Science at EPITA, a leading French engineering school specialising in computer science and information technology. This foundation in computer science provided him with the technical grounding that has underpinned his career building and scaling complex search infrastructure at Algolia.
When did Xavier Grand join Algolia?
Xavier Grand assumed the role of Chief Technology Officer at Algolia in April 2024. As a founding engineer who has been part of Algolia's journey from the very beginning, his appointment to CTO represents the culmination of years of deep technical contribution and leadership within the company.
