Cornelius Suermann

VP of Engineering

Berlin, Berlin, Germany21 yrs 3 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Proven track record in leading engineering teams.
Expertise in building scalable SaaS solutions.
Strong background in payment systems and e-commerce.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Fintech expert with extensive leadership experience.

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Agile MethodenAgile MethodologiesAmazon Web Services (AWS)Business DevelopmentBusiness StrategyE-CommerceGeschäftsentwicklungGeschäftsführungGraphQLIntegrationLeadershipManagementMobilanwendungenMobile GeräteMobile Payment

About

Technology Leader who thrives in challenging, fast-paced IT organizations delivering enlightening customer experiences through advanced technology systems, solutions, architecture and applications. Rich mix of business management and technology with the ability to lead multiple development teams to meet performance goals, operating requirements and financial objectives. Expertise in defining high-level design, instituting policy and standards, and improving overall platform capabilities. Strong problem-solving, solution-building and people management skills.

Experience

N8n

2 roles

VP of Engineering

Promoted

Jan 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 2 mos · Berlin, Germany

Head of Engineering

Dec 2021 – Jan 2023 · 1 yr 1 mo · Berlin, Germany

Camunda

3 roles

Director of Site Reliability Engineering

Oct 2020 – Dec 2021 · 1 yr 2 mos

Establishing Site Reliability Engineering as a new function at Camunda
Growing and leading a global & remote team of Site Reliability Engineers
Building Camunda Cloud - A cloud native process automation SaaS

Director Of Engineering

Promoted

Apr 2019 – Oct 2020 · 1 yr 6 mos

- Leading 5 Software Engineering and Infrastructure teams

Senior Engineering Manager

Jan 2018 – Mar 2019 · 1 yr 2 mos

Leading a cross-functional engineering team (frontend / backend / design)
Building and scaling cawemo.com, a collaborative BPMN modeling solution (SaaS)

Foodora

Senior Product Manager

Jan 2017 – Jul 2017 · 6 mos · Berlin Metropolitan Area

Product owner of the internal logistics system for automated dispatching of orders to couriers
Specification an rollout of efficiency-raising features
Optimisation and Automation of manual processes
Requirement Engineering and Stakeholder Management

Self-employed

Freelancer (Solution Architect & Full-Stack Developer)

Aug 2016 – Jun 2018 · 1 yr 10 mos · Berlin

Planning, designing and developing cross-platform mobile apps (React Native) and single-page web applications

Paypal

Senior Manager Software Development

Jul 2012 – Jul 2016 · 4 yrs · Berlin Metropolitan Area

Heading PayPal's Engineering teams in Berlin
Member of the PayPal DE Management Team
Leading up to 26 software engineers and technical staff
Hiring and onboarding of 50+ team members
Delivering key products for the German region and globally (e.g. 'BillSAFE', 'Pay upon Invoice' and 'Pay after 14 days')
Led international and cross-functional innovation projects

Billsafe gmbh

CTO

Nov 2009 – Jun 2012 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Berlin Metropolitan Area

Creating and operating a scalable platform that allows small as well as enterprise size merchants to easily offer 'Pay upon invoice' as a payment method, fulfilling the growing demand of e-commerce shoppers in Germany.
Leading to the successful acquisition of BillSAFE by PayPal

Mediafinanz ag

Head of Software Development

Oct 2004 – May 2011 · 6 yrs 7 mos · Osnabrück Land

Planning, Designing and Building a modern online debt collection platform from scratch
Design and Implementation of APIs that allow clients and partners to easily integrate mediafinanz's services into their own workflows
Hiring, Onboarding and Leading 20+ technical staff