Summary
Christos Botsikas is an Engineering Team Lead based in Hamburg with 13 years of software engineering experience, leading teams and delivering mobile and e-ticketing solutions for public transportation. Trained as a mechanical engineer, he pivoted early to software and has deep full-stack expertise across open-source PHP/MySQL, Microsoft and Oracle stacks, and JavaScript on both client and server. His background spans academia, government, and industry—contributing to EU-funded research platforms, national transport systems, and commercial products—while also handling system and infrastructure administration on Windows and Linux. A pragmatic problem-solver and certified Microsoft professional, he combines hands-on engineering with team leadership and project-level collaboration. Notably, his work often blends research-grade platform development with production-grade transit solutions, reflecting an ability to move ideas from prototype to operational systems.
13 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc), Mechanical Engineering, Master of Science (MSc), Mechanical Engineering at University of Thessaly
Greek, English