Summary
Marcel Schmitz is a seasoned software engineering leader and WordPress/mobile specialist based in Matosinhos, Portugal, with around 10 years of experience delivering scalable web and mobile solutions. As Head of Software Engineering at SiliconDales, he shapes engineering strategy, scales teams, and ensures high-quality WordPress, API, and full-stack deployments with a strong focus on performance and CI/CD. He is the founder of Pluginslab and a long-time freelancer at Codeable, specializing in WordPress themes and plugins, WooCommerce, and native mobile development. A local WordCamp speaker who blends hands-on development with leadership, he builds reliable, user-friendly technology that makes people’s lives easier. In his spare time, he pursues photography and music production, reflecting a creative, detail-oriented approach to problem solving.
10 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Abitur, High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates, Abitur, High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates at Deutsche Schule zu Porto
Engineer's degree, Computer Science, Engineer's degree, Computer Science at Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto
German, English, Portuguese