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Help software engineers become strategic leaders through personalized coaching and actionable strategies.

Created Tech Lead Mastery, a 6-month interactive program helping engineers master leadership skills and career advancement.

Host workshops and events that teach engineers how to build high-performing teams and influence stakeholders.

Provide tailored resources to simplify leadership and career growth for mid- and senior-level engineers.

Founder of Tech Lead Mastery | Leadership Coaching for Engineers

Atradius

When Atradius embarked on the transformative journey of bringing IT development in-house, I was entrusted with the task. Spearheading the inaugural in-house team in the Channels division was both a challenge and an honor. From hiring to setting up processes and ensuring efficient deliverables, I've fostered a culture of excellence. Today, with a mix of talent from Amsterdam to Madrid and beyond, I'm cultivating the future tech leaders of the industry. Building teams, bridging geographical gaps, and aligning with long-term goals — that's a day in my life at Atradius.

Engineering Manager

VodafoneZiggo

Reforming a dynamic team at Vodafone, I took on the mission to migrate the extensive Vodafone Enterprise Portal. From AngularJS to React and introducing NestJS middleware, our tech overhaul was comprehensive. As a Scrum Master, I introduced agile methodologies, ensuring that team dynamics were at their peak and individual performances shined. Weekly conversations with Agile Coaches and regular strategic meetings ensured we stayed ahead of challenges.

Scrum Master & Frontend Developer

Veen Bosch & Keuning Uitgevers Groep B.V.

Stepping into the vast world of the largest publisher in the Netherlands, I had my eyes set on innovation. Leading the rewrite of bookchoice.com and bruna.nl wasn't just about code; it was about crafting user experiences. Beyond projects, I had the privilege to step into the shoes of my mentor, inheriting the wisdom and challenges of being an Engineering Manager. From introducing a Scrum scoring system to spearheading remote work strategies during the COVID era, I was at the forefront of change.

Engineering Manager & Lead Frontend Developer

Harlem Next B.V.

I wore two hats: A Lead Front-end Developer and a Mentor. Crafting landing pages and dashboards with Vue.js was one part of the job; mentoring three budding engineers was where my passion truly shone. Together, we navigated the worlds of technology and soft skills, ensuring they were equipped for the challenges of tomorrow.

Lead Frontend Developer & Mentor

Joining KPN was a lesson in the power of Scrum done right. While developing in-house products, I had the opportunity to introduce innovative concepts like Feature Flag, ES6, and the BEM naming convention. It wasn't just about code; it was about improving processes and enhancing user experiences.

AngularJS Front-end Developer

comScore, Inc.

My journey abroad began with comScore in Amsterdam—a milestone that significantly amplified my professional growth. Here, I was entrusted with maintaining four intricate analytics tools, akin to giants like Google Analytics. Working with AngularJS, I delved into the complexities of constructing expansive applications that demanded efficiency and performance. Though the acquisition by Adobe marked an unforeseen chapter's end, the learning and experiences at comScore solidified my foundation in front-end technologies and large-scale application development.

JavaScript Developer

Westline Webworks Ltd

At Westline, innovation met opportunity. Entrusted with a pioneering video-based project, I dived deep into the world of HTML5 video and AngularJS. Crafting a robust app tailored for mobile and tablet users was both challenging and rewarding. Navigating through the relatively new territories of AngularJS and HTML5 video was a testament to my passion for exploring the uncharted.

Front-end developer

BIG FISH Internet Technology Ltd

Joining BIG FISH, I was promised expansive opportunities to work with JavaScript. Although we embarked on an exciting project to redesign Hungary's largest online bookstore, the nature of the role didn't align with the vision I had. Our paths diverged as I became more determined to find a role that genuinely resonated with my expertise and aspirations.

arukereso.hu

My foray into the professional IT realm began at árukereső.hu. With the burgeoning mobile era, I championed the redesign of the platform's mobile interface, working hands-on with technologies like PHP Smarty, jQuery, Less CSS, and HTML5. It was an enlightening phase, witnessing the onset of revolutionary JavaScript frameworks. However, when my aspirations leaned more towards JavaScript, I realized it was time for a new chapter.

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People & Process Driven Freelance Engineering Manager | Cultivating High-Performing Dev Teams Across Borders

I’m Gábor, and I help mid- and senior-level software engineers to become impactful tech leaders.

I started my career as a web developer and, over the years, worked my way up to lead developer and then engineering manager. Along the way, I faced the same challenges many engineers encounter when stepping into leadership, such as balancing technical responsibilities with managing people, learning how to influence without authority, and making decisions that impact the bigger picture.

What made the difference for me was a mentor who helped me navigate these shifts. That experience saved me years of trial and error, and it’s why I’m so passionate about helping others who are ready to take their next big career step.

Through 1-on-1 coaching, I work with software engineers to:

👉 Prepare for leadership roles by building the right skills and mindset.
👉 Simplify the shift from coding to team leadership with actionable guidance.
👉 Overcome common hurdles like managing performance, communication, and trust.

I’ve been where you are, and I know how hard it can be to move forward when leadership feels exciting, but overwhelming. My coaching isn’t about theory—it’s about clear steps that help you grow into the leader your team needs.

If you’re a software engineer looking to take your career to the next level, let’s connect.

You will find lots of useful and free resources on my website at gabortill.com

Gábor Till

EGYM | DACH

Head of Software Engineering

The EI Club

The EL Club is a community of engineering leaders who aspire to lead with empathy and compassion. We are CTO’s, Heads of Engineering and Engineering Managers who believe Leadership is a skill that can be developed through intention, practice and (peer-)support.
We see empathetic leadership as truly understanding your team members, empathising with the challenges they face, caring for them and taking action to support them. Apart from fostering a great working environment built on trust and care, empathetic leadership has a direct impact on business results -- it enables teams to make high-quality decisions faster.
Our mission at the EL Club is to tackle every aspect of empathetic leadership, implement it within our engineering organizations and inspire others to do the same.

Founding member

Personio

I’ve been managing 3 teams in the core product offering domain, building out 2 of them. My teams have been working on enhancing our time tracking and attendance management features, and supporting the rollout of a mission-critical program across the organization.
I’ve hired +11 engineers in the first 10 months, forming two teams, setting up onboarding, team structure, processes, and ways of working.

Software Engineering Manager

Choco

I’d been managing and growing three cross-functional teams – Payment, Internal Tools and Communications Platform.
I had various responsibilities:
- People management
-Team management
- Career coaching
-  Scrum/agile mastery
-  Hiring
-  Performance management
-  Organizational development
-  Being a partner to our Product Managers
-  Stakeholder management

Besides managing the rollout of our payment solution in various US regions, I was supporting the research for our EU strategy.

I was building out the Internal Tools team with our mission of supporting our Vendor & Account Managers, so they can be more successful, plus the Communications Platform team to build out an API-first internal platform for all messaging between our customers.

I coached 2 engineering managers in the company, and worked on various organizational-level projects, such as revamping our tech hiring.

Senior Software Engineering Manager

Contentful

I'd been growing, forming and supporting three of our infrastructure teams, working closely with other teams both within and outside the infra group. Our group was focusing on:
- the performance and reliability of our high-load and mission-critical APIs
- our asset delivery solution
- engineering velocity within the company
- building out a platform for other engineers based on AWS and Kubernetes
- app and platform security and compliance

We embraced the agile mindset, we worked closely with and for our customers.

I have various responsibilities, eg.:
- people management
- team management
- career coaching
- scrum mastery
- organizational development
- stakeholder management

I’ve been coaching multiple engineering managers at Contentful, and I’ve built teams.
I’ve found that after a B2C product (Prezi) I find much more joy in working on a truly B2B-first offering – I work much closer to our customers, feedback loops are shorter, and we are truly impact-focused.

Prezi

While I’ve learned a lot both about hard engineering skills and engineering culture plus quite a few new technologies, I was looking for what’s next in my career. Prezi just started to build out its engineering management layer, and I was one of the early joiners. I was lucky to have worked with a variety of teams in a variety of setups (1 team of 5 to 3 teams of 24 engineers, supporting full-stack, infrastructure and mobile engineers).
I’ve supported my engineers and teams through 1:1 career coaching, team coaching, hiring, performance evaluations, growing leaders, alignment with our business and communication.
I've planned, driven and executed multiple organizational level initiatives such as optimizing our hiring process, creating an internship program and forming a peer mentoring structure.
  
I’ve built teams and groups.
I’ve grown and managed engineering managers.
I’ve been the head of Prezi’s infrastructure domain, building out the domain’s structure, managing 3 engineering managers.
I've planned, driven and executed multiple organisational level initiatives such as optimising our hiring process, creating an internship program and forming a peer mentoring structure.

Senior Engineering Manager

Working as a full-stack web developer in the Workgroup team at Prezi focusing mainly on:
- the payment module
- group collaboration functions
- user-user interaction
- supporting decision making in design and product

Technologies:
 Python, HTML, JavaScript, CSS and frameworks/libraries like LESS, jQuery, Backbone, Mustache.js, Django. Configuration management with Chef, some Scala and Ruby. Hadoop+Pig and of course Git for versioning. Jenkins for continuous integration.

We practice Kanban and we love it! 
We believe in continuous improvement - both in our processes, knowledge and tools of the trade.

Our values:

We help people share ideas.
We encourage beauty.
We prefer simple things.
We’re curious.
We listen.
We engage with our surroundings.
We get things done.
We’re honest, learn from mistakes, and avoid blaming others.
We keep our promises.
We embrace diversity.

Staff full stack web engineer

Arukereso.hu Kft.

Over a course of 7 years, we scaled the business from serving 2 countries to serving 7, with around 40 million B2C users and 50,000 B2B customers.
Further scaling the company, my role shifted towards being the partner for our COO and CEO to make sure our business plans are supported by our engineering efforts. I coordinated frequently with other CTOs within our group of companies on our global strategy (Europe, Turkey, South Africa and Brazil). I trained two amazing managers who led the respective engineering teams (20 engineers in total) and in the end made myself unnecessary at the company – which I still consider as a great achievement :)

Chief Technology Officer

Coordinated a developer team, designed hw and sw architecture

Lead developer

Mostly PHP based development of the main site and the backoffice applications

Developer

Applied Logic Laboratory

- Generic web development projects
- Managed a small server park and the backoffice IT infrastructure

Web developer / system administrator

As a seasoned and business-savvy Engineering Manager, my focus is always on discovering innovative ways to grow engineers, enhance businesses, and streamline teams and processes. With expertise in team and peer coaching, as well as management, I am grateful for the transformative experience of being an IT executive.

Personio:

Led 3 teams in the core product offering domain, successfully building 2 from scratch.
Enhanced time tracking and attendance management features, and supported a critical organizational program rollout.
Hired 11 engineers in 10 months, established team structure, onboarding processes, and operational methodologies.

Choco:

Managed and expanded three cross-functional teams: Payment, Internal Tools, and Communications Platform.
Coached 2 engineering managers and spearheaded key organizational projects, including tech hiring revamp, next-generation career progression frameworks, and performance evaluation systems.

Prezi:

Headed infrastructure domain with 30 engineers, crucial for scaling to 200 million users.
Managed 3 engineering teams, overseeing full-stack, infrastructure, and mobile engineering divisions.

Arukereso:

Instrumental in scaling the business from 2 to 7 countries, reaching 40 million B2C users and 50,000 B2B customers over 7 years.

My Core Beliefs:

Continuous learning and adaptability of beliefs
Emphasis on growth mindset over innate talent
Prioritizing ownership and responsibility
Valuing roles over status and position
Bridging the gap between old and new guards in the industry
Adhering to the principles of Lean and Agile methodologies
Empowering individuals to reach their full potential
Recognizing the significance of communication and culture in team dynamics and business success
Advocating for a people-first approach to ensure long-term growth
Promoting openness and transparency at all levels
Encouraging consultative and persuasive communication styles
Celebrating the professional and personal growth of engineers as a rewarding experience for engineering leads
Prioritizing potential over knowledge during the hiring process
Emphasizing the importance of soft skills in the recruitment and evaluation of candidates
Embracing conscious and purposeful change as a positive force
Pursuing clarity as the foundation of effective communication

Feel free to connect with me as I am always eager to expand my network and engage in meaningful conversations!

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