Senior Software Development Manager · Based in the EU
I build and run engineering teams that ship careful software. From the first hire all the way to production.
I'm a Senior Software Development Manager, currently working at Orcrist, where I lead the teams that build AI applications for European defence.
Before that I managed engineering at Zapp and built software at Amazon and AWS. With sixteen years of experience, I still ship code, today mostly through AI agents: I set the intent, define the behaviour and check the result.
How I work
Build the team, then keep it
Hiring well matters, but most of the job is running the team: delivering results, keeping the workplace safe and making engineers real owners of what they build. I'm a big owner myself. I judge myself on retention and on whether people enjoy the work.
Stay hands-on
I still ship code. With agentic development, this means directing the goal and the behaviour of the software, and holding the results to a high bar.
Quality from the start
Accessibility, performance and clear interfaces aren't a finishing touch added at the end. They're part of the product and how people decide whether to trust it.
AI people can rely on
AI is only useful when people can depend on it. That means agents that ask before they act, results people can check and quality we measure instead of assume.
Recent experience
- 2025–nowOrcristSenior Software Development ManagerGermany · Remote
- 2023–25IndependentSoftware engineer & consultantClients worldwide
- 2021–22ZappSoftware Development ManagerGermany · UK · Remote
- 2019–21Amazon Web ServicesSoftware Development EngineerGermany
- 2018–19AmazonSoftware Development EngineerCosta Rica
- 2017–18ScotiabankTech LeadPeru
Building software since 2010: the era of jQuery, browser wars, AngularJS, Bootstrap, Spring MVC, Android 2.3 and hard-to-center divs.
Fun fact: around 2012, while still studying, I built an unofficial Android app for my university before it had one of its own. It earned me a notarised cease-and-desist letter.
Outside work
Away from work I sail and dance salsa. I'm also a coffee lover and can pour decent latte art.
Looking for an engineering leader? Let's talk.