Robert Erdin
VP Of Engineering at Linktree
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolRobert Erdin is a seasoned engineering executive based in Melbourne with over a decade of hands-on experience building data-driven infrastructure, platforms, and backend systems. Currently VP of Engineering at Linktree after serving as Senior Director, GM of Platform and interim CTO, he has a track record of scaling teams and systems in high-growth product environments. Prior roles at Depop saw him progress from senior engineer to director, demonstrating a rare blend of individual contributor depth and organisational leadership. His background spans systems architecture, network engineering and research, underpinned by an MSc in Computer Science and a BSc in Business Administration. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic technologist who pairs operational rigour with strategic product thinking. Notably, his career path reflects repeated internal progression into leadership at the same companies, signaling strong stakeholder trust and impact.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
MSc Computer Science, MSc Computer Science at University of ZurichEidg. dipl. Informatiker Systemtechnik, Eidg. dipl. Informatiker Systemtechnik at Swiss ReTBZ Technische Berufsschule ZürichBSc Business Administration, BSc Business Administration at ZHAW
English, German
Github Skills (121)
firmware10
jwt-authentication10
rest-api10
wireless10
rest10
usb10
keyboard9
jsonwebtoken9
jwt9
jackson9
jwk9
avr9
http-service9
swagger9
bluetooth9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
roberterdin/qmk_firmware
Dec 2020 - Aug 2023
Open-source keyboard firmware for Atmel AVR and Arm USB families
Contributions:4 PRs, 12 pushes, 5 branches in 2 years 8 months
rp2040firmwareavratmelusb
unic/periskop
Oct 2016 - Jan 2017
Contributions:9 commits in 3 months
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