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Berlin, Germanyopen to founding & lead roles

Kim Liedtke

Engineering ManagerFounding EngineerPrincipal Engineer

I build product-critical systems, lead teams through ambiguity, and turn messy regulated domains into reliable software.

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01 / Selected work

Systems, end to end

Each role meant turning an unclear domain into software boundaries a team could rely on.

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02 / Experience

Timeline

03 / Technical profile

What I work in

Grouped by core disciplines and real engineering impact. From scalable backend platforms and data pipelines to cloud infrastructure and engineering leadership.

Backend
Core systems
PythonJavaGoNode.jsDjangoScalaPHPAPIsEvent-driven
AI & agents
Ship it to production
LLM extractionComputer-use agentsAgentic harnessesReviewer gatesBedrock
Frontend
Product surface
TypeScriptReactNext.jsMaterial UI
Cloud & infra
Run it reliably
AWSGCPKubernetesTerraformCI/CDDocker
Data & product systems
Make it useful
RecommendationsIngestion pipelinesPub/SubBigQueryExperimentation
Leadership
Teams & delivery
Interim CTOEng managementHiringCoachingTech strategyStakeholders
Regulated domains
Get it right
Payroll & taxFintechAuditabilityReliabilitySecurity
04 / Leadership

How I lead

I lead from high ownership and calm under ambiguity. Turning unclear domains into reliable software boundaries while fostering team collaboration, mentorship, and delivery.

01
High ownership

I take the outcome, not just the ticket, from ambiguity to shipped and supported.

02
Calm under ambiguity

Unclear domains don't rattle me. I find the boundaries, then make them legible.

03
Product and engineering bridge

I stay close to product pressure and translate it into durable technical decisions.

04
Structure, not overengineering

Enough structure to scale the team and the system, and no more than that.

05
Direct, thoughtful comms

Clear about trade-offs and disagreement, without making it heavy.

06
Comfortable in the mess

Regulated, half-specified, high-stakes. That's where I do my best work.

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Kim Liedtke

Engineering Manager · Founding Engineer · Principal Engineer
Berlin, Germany
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kimdavid.liedtke@gmail.com
Summary

I build product-critical systems, lead teams through ambiguity, and turn messy regulated domains into reliable software.

Experience
Integral Services GmbH  Engineering Manager · Founding Engineer
December 2024 to present · Berlin, Germany
  • •Owned the platform's first architecture (service boundaries, data model, CI/CD), still in production.
  • •Engineering Manager for the acquired Cleverlohn payroll product: run an external team and own delivery, hands-on.
Stack  Spring Boot, React, Node.js, Python, AWS, Bedrock, Postgres
SPRK.global  Principal Software Engineer · first developer
April 2022 to October 2024 · Berlin, Germany
  • •First technical hire; stood up a correctly modularized Odoo ERP that unblocked buying and selling.
  • •Pioneered LLM-based extraction of inbound surplus offers on the first OpenAI API generation.
Stack  Python, Django, Next.js, Redis, OpenAI API, AWS, Terraform, Postgres
HelloFresh  Engineering Manager · Tech Lead
January 2019 to October 2020 · Berlin, Germany
  • •Managed up to 13 direct reports across two squads, Plan Management then Customer Success.
  • •Compressed one-year outcome prediction into 10-week Optimizely experiment windows.
Stack  Go, React, Python, Kotlin, Optimizely
Earlier experience
Independent  Software ConsultantJune 2021 to March 2022 · Berlin, Germany
Puls Technologies  CTONovember 2020 to May 2021 · Berlin, Germany
Delivery Hero  Senior Software EngineerNovember 2017 to December 2018 · Berlin, Germany
Zinsgold GmbH  Head of EngineeringNovember 2016 to November 2017 · Berlin, Germany
Sparks42  Vice President of EngineeringJune 2015 to September 2016 · Berlin, Germany
Rocket Internet  Software Engineer and Team Lead BackendSeptember 2014 to May 2015 · Berlin, Germany
Active Agent (Virtual Minds Group)  Software EngineerAugust 2012 to August 2014 · Freiburg, Germany
Technical profile
Backend
Python, Java, Go, Node.js, Django, Scala, PHP, APIs, Event-driven
AI & agents
LLM extraction, Computer-use agents, Agentic harnesses, Reviewer gates, Bedrock
Frontend
TypeScript, React, Next.js, Material UI
Cloud & infra
AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD, Docker
Data & product systems
Recommendations, Ingestion pipelines, Pub/Sub, BigQuery, Experimentation
Leadership
Interim CTO, Eng management, Hiring, Coaching, Tech strategy, Stakeholders
Regulated domains
Payroll & tax, Fintech, Auditability, Reliability, Security
Leadership

High ownership. Calm under ambiguity. Product and engineering bridge. Structure, not overengineering. Direct, thoughtful comms. Comfortable in the mess.

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