Where does Charly Poly work?

Charly Poly is Founder of Defer.

Where did Charly Poly go to school?

Charly Poly studied at Y Combinator; Teesside University (Computer Science); IUT Orléans Département Informatique (DUT, Computer Science).

Charly Poly

Founder

Founder at Defer

Paris, Île-de-France, France

FoundedDefer · YC

About

Charly held a tech lead position at Algolia, where he developed a background jobs processing system. He has contributed to open-source projects and written technical articles on TypeScript and GraphQL; he now leads Defer, a platform for Node.js async workflow development.

Founder at Defer YC W23

Intro paths

Charly went through Y Combinator (Winter 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

Their group partner at YC was Nicolas Dessaigne, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Defer's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

→

In turn, Charly can intro founders to Defer's investors below.

Defer's investors · 2

Galion.exe$275K – $2.8M checks Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2023

Co-founders at Defer

Bryan FriminFounder

Experience

BrowserbaseProduct Marketing Leadcurrent2026 — presentFrance
InngestHead of Developer Marketing & Product Marketing2025 — 2026France
InngestDeveloper Marketer2024 — 2025Paris, Île-de-France, France
BrowserbaseDeveloper Marketer2024Paris, Île-de-France, France
DeferCo-Founder & CEO2022 — 2024Paris, Île-de-France, France
Charly Poly EngineeringOpen-source Software Engineer, PMM at The Guild2022Paris, Île-de-France, France
Charly Poly EngineeringTechnical Writer for Algolia, Retools and Meticulous2021 — 2022
DoubleLead Software Engineer (Web team)2019 — 2020
AlgoliaTechnical Lead2018 — 2019Greater Paris Metropolitan Region
A lineCTO2017 — 2018Greater Paris Metropolitan Region
DashlaneSoftware Engineer (Web Analysis team)2017Greater Paris Metropolitan Region
JobTeaser.comSoftware Engineer2015 — 2017Greater Paris Metropolitan Region
SolocalFull Stack Developer / Junior Lead Developer (Rails)2013 — 2015Greater Paris Metropolitan Region
GreenbureauFront end Developer (Lead)2012 — 2013Orléans
SynthesioFront End Developer2012 — 2013Greater Paris Metropolitan Region
Datum360 LimitedWebDeveloper2012United Kingdom

Skills & more

Public SpeakingManagementTeam ManagementEarly Stage InvestmentStart-up VenturesContent DevelopmentProject ManagementSoftware DevelopmentTrainingTechnical WritingProduct EngineeringMarketing Strategy

+12 more

Product MarketingFundraisingEntrepreneurshipDue DiligenceConsultingTechnical LeadershipWeb DevelopmentYUIFront-endLitmusSocial MediaJavaScript

Languages Anglais · Français · Italian

From Charly's professional profile.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Charly Poly?: Charly held a tech lead position at Algolia, where he developed a background jobs processing system. He has contributed to open-source projects and written technical articles on TypeScript and GraphQL; he now leads Defer, a platform for Node.js async workflow development.
Where does Charly Poly work?: Charly Poly is Founder of Defer.
What companies did Charly Poly found?: Charly Poly founded Defer.
Where did Charly Poly go to school?: Charly Poly studied at Y Combinator; Teesside University (Computer Science); IUT Orléans Département Informatique (DUT, Computer Science).