Tobias Block
Director of Engineering at rp-online
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTobias Block is a data-driven Director of Engineering with 11 years of experience building monetization products, AI-driven recommendation engines, and scalable data systems for large digital platforms. He has a strong track record at BrightTALK delivering multi-million dollar revenue growth—launching products that generated tens of millions in bookings, improving email engagement with AI automation, and moving on-prem data centers to AWS to improve data completeness. Tobias blends product management instincts with engineering leadership, having led cross-functional teams to ship recommendation feeds, ad-buying backends, and real-time campaign systems that served millions of users. A former journalist and content producer, he brings a user-centric storytelling lens to data products and a practical knack for turning messy datasets into business outcomes. Based in San Francisco, he pairs hands-on technical fluency with commercial rigor and a curiosity for journalism, coding, and coffee.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Abitur International Business, Abitur International Business at Fichte Gymnasium KrefeldBachelor of Arts (B.A.) Political Science and Government, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Political Science and Government at University of Düsseldorf
English, German, Spanish
Github Skills (37)
scrape9
frontend8
angular8
twint8
react8
vue8
twitter-api8
twitter8
javascript8
ios7
ionic7
css7
scraper7
typescript7
android7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
rp-online/rpd-tec-park
Feb 2020 - Feb 2020
park frontend (Mirror für Externe, wird manuell geupdated)
Contributions:1 commit, 1 branch in 1 day
gulptwigjavascriptparkfrontend
overscroll/overzine
Jan 2019 - Aug 2019
🎨 A React Component library for a modern online zine
Contributions:21 pushes, 1 branch, 2 tags in 6 months
react-componentreactstorybookreact-component-librarycomponent-library
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