Dominik Schmidt
Director Of Product & Engineering at Plantura GmbH
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
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Top SchoolDominik Schmidt is a product and engineering leader with 11 years of experience building cross-functional teams and shipping user-centered products, currently serving as Director of Product & Engineering at Plantura in Munich. He blends a Ph.D. in computer science and academic HCI research with hands-on engineering and UX practice, having led UX, product and analytics teams through privacy-focused browser launches and subscription products. Dominik has a track record of turning research-grade prototypes into production features (search-as-you-type, large-scale natural user interfaces) and has managed teams up to 15 across engineering, QA and UX. Comfortable spanning strategy to implementation, he pairs qualitative and quantitative UX research with data pipelines and engineering delivery, and brings an entrepreneur’s mindset from co-founding an early startup and shipping production code.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Diplom (Master Equiv.) Medieninformatik (Media-Related Computer Science), Diplom (Master Equiv.) Medieninformatik (Media-Related Computer Science) at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenComputer Science, Computer Science at Wayne State UniversityHonors Degree Technology Management, Honors Degree Technology Management at Center for Digital Technology and Management (CDTM)Computer Science, Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon UniversityPh.D. Computer Science, Ph.D. Computer Science at Lancaster University
English, German, French
Github Skills (27)
siren9
eslint9
babel-plugin9
linting9
naming-conventions8
javascript8
css7
regression7
mozilla6
statistics6
browser6
elasticsearch-client5
gecko5
ios5
thunderbird5
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
dominik-schmidt/hydroponic-smart-garden-controller
Dec 2021 - Jan 2023
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 1 month
dominiks-cliqz/browser-ios
Dec 2015 - Jul 2016
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 7 months
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