Engineering Manager | Agile Practitioner | Microsoft/.NET Expert | Google Cloud Professional l MultilingualAn experienced Engineering Manager, leading successful teams to deliver scalable & performant solutions. With 20+ years of background as a Software Engineer, I am passionate about driving technical excellence, fostering innovation, and building high-performing teams. Enthusiastic about mastering new business domains, learning about new technologies, and incorporating novel practices into the software development process. Fluent in English, Greek, Dutch & French, able to bridge cultural and linguistic barriers.Skills & CompetenciesAgile Practitioner - Leading Agile teams (Scrum/Kanban) and ensuring on-time delivery of high-quality software products - Participating in planning sessions (Roadmap/Cycle/Story Mapping). - Highly proficient in JIRA/ConfluenceBuilding multi-cultural/remote teams: - Staffing/managing Agile teams across diverse locations & time zones - Achieving cross-team synergies through effective alignment & collaboration.Microsoft Technologies - Proven expertise in designing & developing scalable applications using the Microsoft technology stack (C#/.NET/MSSQL).Microservice Architectures - Extended experience implementing RESTful APIs and delivering resilient & scalable microservice architectures. - Applying principal methodologies (DDD, event-driven, GoF/Enterprise Patterns)ALM Tools - CI/CD (Bitbucket, Estafette, Octopus, GoCD) - Integration & A/B Testing (Web Driver, SpecFlow, Optimizely)Google Cloud Platform - Extensive GCP experience using Kubernetes (GKE), Cloud Storage, PubSub, Datastore etc.Data Engineering - Solid grasp of key principles & practices (Data Lake, ETL/ELT, Data Governance) - Proficient in tech like BigQuery, Airflow, Monte Carlo & Looker.Domain KnowledgeOnline Travel/Flights Industry - In-depth experience with the OTA & Flights domain, having built components for various aspects of the E2E flow: flight search & book (GDSs/LowCost/NDC), ancillaries, integration with PSPs (Ingenico/Ogone etc.), post-sale operations (ticketing, ASC/change & cancel, customer support), reporting to finance systems (Unit4)E-Commerce - Solid track record delivering online retail solutions such as e-shops & Content Management (CMS) portalsDigital TV - Proficient understanding of the Conditional Access (CA) domain in regard to secure content delivery & monetizationGIS - Delivering geospatial data-enabled solutions which offer location-based insights to drive business growth