Ilias Galanopoulos

Co-Founder

Athens, Greece11 yrs 1 mo experience

Key Highlights

Proven track record in engineering management and leadership.
Expert in API-driven development and incident management.
Strong background in software design and development.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS Engineering Leader with expertise in API development and team management.

Contact

iliasgal@gmail.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Engineering ManagementTechnical StrategyEngineering LeadershipStrategic PlanningSoftware DevelopmentTechnical Leadership

Other Skills

API DevelopmentAWSCCloud ComputingDistributed SystemsDjangoDockerGolangHadoopIncident ManagementJavaJavaScriptLinuxMapReduceMatlab

About

Engineering Manager with experience in building and managing high-performance, autonomous teams in start-up and scale-up environments. Goal-oriented with a focus on product and engineering strategy. Engineering background with strong experience in software design and development.

Experience

Emblematic

Founding AI Engineer

Aug 2025 – Present · 7 mos · Remote

Pleo

Engineering Manager

Sep 2022 – Jul 2025 · 2 yrs 10 mos · Remote

Managing the User & Control group with 3 squads of product engineers.
First to apply API-driven development in practice, launching a public Export API which enabled 15+ third-party integrations.
Revamped incident management by defining post-incident policies and SLAs.

Engineering ManagementTechnical Strategy

Whereby

Engineering Manager

Aug 2021 – Aug 2022 · 1 yr · Remote

Led a team of 7 Full-Stack Engineers in developing APIs and SDKs (web and mobile) for the Whereby Embedded product.
Set quarterly goals and maintained product and technical roadmaps, aligning with strategic business objectives.
Redesigned the technical interview process to enhance transparency and inclusivity.

Engineering ManagementTechnical Strategy

Ajenta

3 roles

Head of Development

Promoted

Jul 2018 – Jul 2021 · 3 yrs · Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Led the software engineering function at Ajenta, mentoring engineers and promoting them to Senior and Lead roles.
Collaborated with Leadership and Domain Leads to shape product strategy, aligning engineering efforts with business objectives.
Established KPIs for the engineering team, driving accountability and performance improvements.

Engineering LeadershipStrategic Planning

Software Team Lead

Promoted

Jun 2017 – Jun 2018 · 1 yr · Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Architected and built the backend for the Vscene platform using Python (Django) and Golang REST services, with Postgres and Redis and deployed services with Docker on AWS.
Led the creation and supervision of a new team of 4 engineers. Implemented Agile methodologies and practices within the team.

Software DevelopmentTechnical Leadership