Summary
Pavel Galaton is a seasoned engineering leader with 14 years of experience building and operating high-throughput backend systems, currently serving as Director of Engineering at Personio in Munich. He has progressed through successive leadership roles at Personio—from Engineering Manager to Head of Engineering—demonstrating strong delivery and organizational scaling skills. Pavel combines hands-on architecture and DevOps experience from earlier technical roles with proven people leadership: hiring, coaching, and aligning stakeholders across product and client teams. He has led complex technical initiatives and continuous delivery implementations at both consultancy and product companies, ensuring stability under load. Comfortable bridging technical detail and strategic priorities, he often focuses on resilient backend design and operational excellence. A practical technologist with roots in Moldova, he pairs broad delivery experience with a knack for translating customer needs into robust engineering outcomes.
14 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Information Technology, Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Information Technology at Universitatea de Stat din Moldova
Not finished, Information Technology, Not finished, Information Technology at Universitatea Tehnică a Moldovei
Russian, English, Romanian, German