Frank Blechschmidt
Senior Engineering Manager at dbt Labs
Sunnyvale, California, United States
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Top SchoolFrank Blechschmidt is a seasoned engineering leader specializing in cloud-native architectures, microservices, and distributed systems, with 12 years of experience building scalable platforms. As Senior Engineering Manager at dbt Labs since 2024, he guides a next-gen multi-cell cloud architecture while balancing strategic leadership with hands-on delivery. His track record spans Box, where he led a Kubernetes-based PaaS platform migration to GKE and RBAC-enabled security, and Lattice, where the Developer Platform empowered rapid, safe code deployment. He brings strong full-stack and platform expertise across Python, Node.js, and Go, with deep Kubernetes, DevOps, and platform reliability experience. A proven people leader, he mentors engineers, grows teams, and was nominated for Box's 12-month Tech Lead Manager program, reflecting leadership potential and impact. Based in Sunnyvale, CA, he holds an MS in Computer Science from UIUC and a BS in IT Systems Engineering from HPI, underscoring a solid academic foundation for enterprise-scale software.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
High School, Information Technology, 4.0, High School, Information Technology, 4.0 at Oberstufenzentrum für Informations- und Medizintechnik Berlin-NeuköllnBachelor's degree, IT Systems Engineering, 3.9, Bachelor's degree, IT Systems Engineering, 3.9 at Hasso Plattner InstituteMaster's degree, Computer Science, 4.0, Master's degree, Computer Science, 4.0 at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
German, Spanish, English, French
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Github Skills (200)
bots10
sutime10
nlp10
python10
python-310
ruby10
google-assistant10
wit-ai10
conversations10
shell10
cli10
checker10
wrapper10
duckling10
packaging10
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
FraBle/frank-blechschmidt.com
Oct 2020 - Aug 2024
Contributions:34 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 10 months
FraBle/python-sutime
Oct 2016 - Nov 2020
Python wrapper for Stanford CoreNLP's SUTime
Contributions:3 releases, 7 reviews, 32 commits in 4 years 1 month
nlpstanfordpythonpython-wrappercorenlp
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