Hey, I’m Jean
I lead engineers by day and ship products by night.
I am a Head of Engineering, an entrepreneur, and the owner of Tosh Labs, the studio behind Pausr, Pulsr, and Epistle. I turn fuzzy ideas into software that people actually use.
Head of Engineering
Founder, Tosh Labs
01 About
Engineering leader with a founder’s itch.
I have spent the past 12 years building and leading engineering teams, and I never stopped shipping. In that time I have worked for brands like Herschel, Bell, Article, Gamersupps, and iFit, either directly on their teams or on projects delivered for them. Today I lead engineering by day and run Tosh Labs, my product studio, where ideas become production software in weeks instead of quarters.
Pausr, Pulsr, and Epistle are my first three products, and each one solves a problem I have seen up close. Pausr helps teams actually take their vacation. Pulsr removes the busywork from engineering management. Epistle carves out a daily moment of quiet. They are the beginning of a longer roadmap, with more on the way.
- 3 Products live & growing
- 1 Product studio, Tosh Labs
- 12+ Years building software
02 Products
Things I’ve shipped.
Pausr
Pausr is time-off management built for engineering teams. It handles PTO requests, one-click approvals, capacity planning, and freeze periods for release weeks, all without the bloat of traditional HR software.
usepausr.com →Pulsr
Pulsr gives engineering managers one place to run their team. It brings standups, one-on-ones, cycle tracking, and team health insights into a single dashboard that connects directly to the work in Linear.
usepulsr.com →Epistle
Epistle is a daily encounter with Scripture. It is a quiet, focused mobile app that turns daily reading into a lasting habit, with no feeds and no noise. It is just the text and you.
joinepistle.com →03 Technologies
My technical toolbox.
These are the technologies behind twelve years of shipping software, some in my own editor and some through the teams I lead.
04 The studio
Tosh Labs.
Tosh Labs is my product engineering studio, and it takes ideas from first concept to scalable product. We partner with startups to validate concepts, ship production-ready software, and scale what works. We are not a vendor; we are an invested partner that asks the hard questions.
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Prototype sprints
We validate your concept in two to four weeks.
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Production MVPs
We deliver market-ready software in four to ten weeks.
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Scale & architecture
We take on performance, reliability, and systems work.
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Fractional CTO
We provide part-time technical leadership with full-time care.
05 Contact
Let’s build something.
Whether you have a product idea, an engineering problem, or just want to say hello, my inbox is always open.
jm.pouabou@gmail.com