Summary
Jochen Bartlau is a seasoned software leader with 14+ years in development leadership and two decades at combit, now serving as Managing Director responsible for software development, innovation, licensing, internal IT, developer marketing and customer support. A Microsoft .NET enthusiast, he champions agile practices, telemetry-driven QA and pragmatic feature planning—having introduced agile management and WER-based telemetry for List & Label. Trained as a physicist at Universität Freiburg, he brings a data-driven, analytical mindset to product and engineering decisions. Based in Constance, Germany, he combines hands-on technical oversight with strategic board-level responsibilities. Outside work he pursues hiking and vanlife, reflecting a taste for exploration and practical problem-solving. combit’s hiring push is a sign he’s actively scaling teams and looking for collaborators who value quality and long-term product stewardship.
14 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma, Physics, Diploma, Physics at Universität Freiburg
German, English, French