Summary
Markus Mayer is a Head of Engineering with 18 years of experience who builds and scales cross-disciplinary software teams while staying deeply hands-on in AI, computer vision and embedded systems. Based in Berlin, he has led end-to-end image understanding and visual search pipelines, introduced Kubernetes to on-prem infrastructures, and driven ISO-aligned secure SDLC and certification efforts. His technical breadth spans low-level ARM/FPGA projects and robotics to production TensorFlow/Keras/Caffe ML stacks, sensor fusion, and autonomous flight/driving research—giving him a rare ability to optimize both memory footprint and real-time processing. He founded engineering organizations from scratch, hiring senior talent across mobile, web, backend, DevOps and QA, and has repeatedly brought outsourced products in-house. Known for a people-first leadership style, he pairs technical problem-solving with active mentorship and a consistent focus on inclusive, safe team culture. An unusual blend of practical embedded know-how and modern ML production experience makes him comfortable solving “the worst” performance and reliability problems end-to-end.
18 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Fachhochschulreife, Geoinformatik, Fachhochschulreife, Geoinformatik at OSZ Druck- und Medientechnik Berlin
Certification, Machine Learning, Certification, Machine Learning at Coursera
Nanodegree, Robotics Software Engineer, Nanodegree, Robotics Software Engineer at Udacity
Master of Engineering, Embedded Systems, Master of Engineering, Embedded Systems at Berlin University of Applied Sciences Berlin (BHT)
ThePowerMBA, MBA, Business Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Innovation & Digital Transformation, ThePowerMBA, MBA, Business Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Innovation & Digital Transformation at thePower
German, English