Summary
Steffen Schmitz is a seasoned software engineer and entrepreneur with a decade of experience building cloud-native, reliable systems and leading engineering teams from startup to scale. He co-founded TransparentShare, architecting its Golang backend and Kubernetes deployments, and has driven SRE and data platform initiatives at companies like Y42 and Scalable Capital, including SOC2 Type 2 work and service-mesh zero-trust deployments. Currently at Langfuse (YC W23) and with a recent senior role at ClickHouse, he focuses on LLM engineering platforms and high-performance data systems. Steffen combines hands-on implementation with organizational design—reducing onboarding time via product/engineering handbooks and structuring teams around product domains to improve ownership. Based in Berlin, he pairs an MS in Business Informatics with a track record of translating complex requirements into pragmatic, observable, and secure production services.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Business Informatics, Master of Science - MS, Business Informatics at University of Mannheim
Bachelor of Science - BS, Business Information Technology, Bachelor of Science - BS, Business Information Technology at DHBW Mannheim
English, German