Matthias Ladkau
Head Of Engineering at DextraData GmbH
Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, Germany
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Top SchoolMatthias Ladkau is a pragmatic engineering leader and PhD-trained computer scientist with 12+ years building backend systems and scaling teams across Europe, currently serving as Head of Engineering at DextraData. An open-source enthusiast, he authored the EliasDB graph database and the event-based scripting language ECAL, reflecting a deep interest in data and event-driven architectures beyond his managerial remit. Matthias blends hands-on technical depth from senior engineering roles at Snyk and BMC with a people-first management style that emphasizes autonomy, product ownership, and an inclusive culture. He’s comfortable moving between research-grade thinking and production delivery, and is known for creating solid, long-lived technology while nurturing teams that can adapt to changing business priorities.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Diplom Informatiker Computer Science, Diplom Informatiker Computer Science at Fachhochschule Oldenburg/Ostfriesland/WilhelmshavenPhD Computer Science, PhD Computer Science at De Montfort University
Github Skills (27)
graph10
swagger10
graph-database10
go10
query-language10
golang10
graphql10
embedded10
rest-api10
clustering10
database10
audio9
streaming8
streaming-audio8
icecast8
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
krotik/common
May 2021 - Aug 2022
Contributions:4 commits, 6 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 2 months
krotik/dudeldu
Sep 2016 - Sep 2019
DudelDu is a simple audio streaming server using the SHOUTcast protocol.
Contributions:3 releases, 14 commits, 1 PR in 3 years 1 month
streaming-serverstreamingaudiostreaming-audioshoutcast
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