Žiga Stopinšek is a Director of Engineering with 11 years of experience building and scaling programmatic advertising systems, specializing in AdTech, RTB and header bidding. He leads cross-functional, multisite teams focused on supply monetization, margin optimization and large-scale backend consolidation following M&A, while partnering with AI teams to bring ML into production decisioning. A hands-on engineer at heart, he combines frontend and backend hacking with strong data-analysis instincts to deliver reliable, high-throughput ad platforms. He co-founded AgiliCity and has repeatedly driven initiatives like Header Bidding and Onyx at Outbrain, demonstrating both entrepreneurial grit and enterprise-scale delivery. Outside work he’s an avid traveler and scuba diver who reads or listens to fantasy epics, a habit that subtly informs his systems-thinking and long-term planning.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
High school graduate General Studies, High school graduate General Studies at Splošna in tehniška gimnazija Lava, Celje
Master’s Degree Computer & Information Science, Master’s Degree Computer & Information Science at University of Ljubljana
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Žiga Stopinšek - Director Of Engineering at AgiliCity