👨💻 Martin Spickermann

Martin Spickermann has a diverse and extensive work experience in the field of software development and engineering. 👨‍💻 Martin currently serves as the Principal Engineer at Localyze, where they plplay crucial role as the CTO's right-hand. 👨‍💻 Martin provides technical guidance and support to the founders, senior leaders, and the R&D organization. Their responsibilities include overseeing technical processes and best practices, mentoring junior engineers, and leading multiple teams in the development and ownership of various web applications.

Prior to their current role, Martin worked at Shopify as a Senior Software Developer in the Growth Organization. Here, they served as the Backend Lead for Linkpop.com, a new product, and collaborated with a cross-functional team to successfully develop and launch it.

Martin also worked at Zaikio GmbH (formerly Crispy Mountain GmbH) as a Lead Software Engineer. In this role, they built an event message bus with extended authorization and validation features and supported external partners in integrating with the ZAIKIO platform.

At sonnen GmbH, Martin served as the Tech Lead Backend and Technical Product Owner. 👨‍💻 Martin led a cross-functional R&D team and was responsible for the technical aspects of the company's largest software project. 👨‍💻 Martin also operated and maintained various APIs handling massive amounts of IoT data.

Before that, Martin worked at COMPEON GmbH as the Lead Architect, where they led the development team in implementing and maintaining the COMPEON marketplace and other applications. 👨‍💻 Martin was involved in making technical decisions, shaping product strategy, and designing a RESTful API.

Martin also has experience as the Head of Engineering at virtualQ GmbH, where they managed a distributed team, made technical and product decisions, and implemented new features. 👨‍💻 Martin worked at Envato as a Senior Developer and served in different roles within the Envato Market team, optimizing financial transaction modules and leading a team focused on developing tools for internal stakeholders.

Additionally, Martin worked at Babbel (Lesson Nine GmbH) as a Lead Software Developer, maintaining and developing the web application babbel.com and scaling applications on Amazon AWS. 👨‍💻 Martin began their career as an Application Developer at Dievision Agentur für Kommunikation GmbH, where they played a key role in building the backend of casapilot.com.

Martin's work experience also includes being the Co-Founder and Managing Partner at stakr GbR, a Ruby development shop. 👨‍💻 Martin managed the business, developed web applications for NGOs, and provided consulting services to startups.

Overall, Martin Spickermann has a strong background in software development and engineering, with extensive experience in leading teams, making technical decisions, and delivering successful projects.

From 2001 to 2008, Martin Spickermann attended Freie Universität Berlin, where they pursued a degree in Diplom-Informatiker (equivalent to a Master of Science) in Computer Science.