Stefanos Togkoulidis
Software Engineering Manager at Dialectica
Thessaloniki, Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
Summary
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Top SchoolStefanos Togkoulidis is a seasoned software engineering manager with 14 years of experience building and leading distributed teams across mobile, web, and embedded domains from Thessaloniki, Greece. He combines hands-on expertise as a former staff engineer with strategic product vision—having led Automattic’s WordPress and Jetpack mobile apps to monetization, millions of users and high app-store ratings. Stefanos excels at shipping customer-facing features (notably porting Gutenberg to React Native and enhancing Android’s Aztec rich text editor), managing cross-functional roadmaps, and turning user feedback into measurable product outcomes. Known for empathetic people management, he has scaled and inspired globally distributed teams through complex migrations and platform transitions. Active in the open-source and WordPress communities, he blends deep technical craftsmanship with stakeholder communication and data-driven decision making.
14 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Analog/Digital Electronics,Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Analog/Digital Electronics,Computer Science at University of Patras
Greek, English
Github Skills (20)
kotlin10
editors10
javascript10
ios10
mobile-development10
react-native10
wordpress10
blocks10
editor10
app-dev10
android-development10
java10
javas10
android10
gutenberg10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
wordpress-mobile/AztecEditor-Android
Dec 2016 - Apr 2022
A reusable native Android rich text editor component.
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:6 releases, 2 reviews, 329 commits in 5 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Stefanos primarily contributed to the development of the Aztec rich text editor component for Android. Their work focused on implementing features related to inline text formatting, specifically adding support for `<code>` elements, and integrating various styling options. They also made enhancements to handle image loading and attribute management within the editor, and addressed performance issues related to the display of images and video thumbnails.
nativerich-text-editorandroid-libraryandroidrich-text
wordpress-mobile/WordPress-Android
Jan 2016 - May 2022
WordPress for Android
Role in this project:Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:63 reviews, 1767 commits, 513 PRs in 6 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Stefanos primarily contributed to the WordPress for Android application, focusing on integrating customer support functionality within the Gutenberg editor. They implemented placeholder elements and hooked up the editor to open support tickets and access support options. The user's work involved modifying existing editor components, adding new listeners, and integrating with the Zendesk support system. Further contributions involved refactoring the customer support callbacks and refactoring the customer support interface for the Gutenberg editor.
oauth2-authenticationwordpressandroidsecretmobile
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