Luca Demmel

Engineering Leader

Luca Demmel
Berlin, Germany

Erfahrungen

Apr. 2023 - Bis heute
1 Jahr 11 Monaten
Berlin, Germany

CTO & Co-Founder

Lucent Data GmbH

Lucent Data offers a B2B SaaS solution supporting marketing teams to optimize customer acquisition, retention and personalization

  • Built a warehouse native customer data platform from scratch
  • Successfully onboarded the first customer
  • Built the first engineering team of 3 engineers
  • Raised 1M€ in venture capital
Aug. 2019 - Apr. 2023
3 Jahren 9 Monaten
Berlin, Germany

VP Engineering (ex: Head of Software Engineering)

numa group GmbH

numa is Europe's first fully digital hospitality platform operating over 80 hotels across all major European cities with more than $100M in funding. As the first tech employee, I grew the entire engineering team from 0 to 25 people and ensured the delivery of a full-stack hospitality operating system that automates more than 80% of traditional hotel operations, delighting over 700,000 travelers

  • Built and managed 5 cross-functional remote engineering teams
  • Led the entire system architecture and delivery of a fully digital guest journey, dynamic pricing algorithms and internal operation platform
  • Collaborated with business stakeholders and product managers to shape the product roadmap
  • Designed all processes around hiring, mentoring, performance reviews, project management and engineering onboarding for 25 engineers
Juli 2018 - Aug. 2019
1 Jahr 2 Monaten
Cologne, Germany

CTO & Co-Founder

Incudy GmbH

Incudy is an agency developing scalable digital projects for agencies, brands and startups as well as incubation of tech startups

  • Ensured that all projects were realized efficiently and with highest possible technical standard
  • Architected and implemented multiple web and mobile apps using latest technologies
Juli 2017 - Juli 2018
1 Jahr 1 Monate
Cologne, Germany

Software Engineer

Freelance

  • Mediengruppe RTL Germany: Built a proof of concept for a highly scaleable realtime clickstream analytics solution utilizing Apache Kafka
  • real.digital (now Kaufland e-commerce): Implemented multiple new features and bugfixes within one of the largest e-commerce marketplaces in Germany
  • Various SME's: Architected and implemented multiple web, mobile and e-commerce projects utilizing React Native, React, NodeJs, PHP, Typescript, Wordpress, Shopware and Shopify
Juli 2014 - Juli 2017
3 Jahren 1 Monate
Cologne, Germany

Software Engineer (Working Student)

Sportlädchen GmbH

Sportlädchen is an e-commerce company, which sells all sorts of fitness products via multiple webshops and Amazon/Ebay

  • Architected and implemented internal web based analytics tools using Symfony, MySQL, Angular
  • Responsible for migrating to Shopware (in favor of Magento) and implementation of the interface between the internal ERP and Shopware using PHP

Zusammenfassung

Experienced engineering leader with a proven track record in building and managing high-performing software teams. Passionate about building digital products and thriving in fast-paced environments. My strong background in software engineering and technical leadership allows me to approach challenges with effective communication and a focus on delivering successful outcomes.

Sprachen

Deutsch
Muttersprache
Englisch
Verhandlungssicher

Ausbildung

Okt. 2017 - Juni 2018

California State University

Computer Science · United States

Okt. 2014 - Juni 2017

European University of Applied Sciences

Bachelor of Science · Business Information Systems · Cologne, Germany