Maikel Krause is a Director of Engineering with 16+ years of hands-on experience evolving from full-stack and React frontend engineer to senior manager, currently leading engineering at Fortanix. He blends a deep appreciation for software architecture and functional programming with a strong product sensibility for user experience, having shipped e-commerce, social, and finance solutions through his own business from 2006–2020. At Fortanix he progressed through roles from Frontend Engineer to Director, driving frontend strategy and team growth while keeping a developer-first mindset. Trained at Delft University of Technology (MSc Computer Science), he pairs rigorous academic foundations with entrepreneurial grit and a knack for translating complex requirements into practical, maintainable systems.
16 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.Sc.) Computer Science, Master of Science (M.Sc.) Computer Science at Delft University of Technology
Contributions:6 PRs, 75 pushes, 3 branches in 6 years 2 months
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Maikel Krause - Director Of Engineering at Fortanix