Kevin Delord

Director of Engineering - AI Agents & Software Development

Berlin Metropolitan Area

About

As a seasoned Head of Engineering, specializing in mobile apps and distributed systems at scale, I excel in fast-paced environments to deliver high quality products to millions of users. My expertise extends to successfully managing remote software engineering teams, driving high performance through coaching and mentorship. Prioritizing stakeholder engagement, I ensure that innovative solutions align with strategic objectives. With a passion for technology, I eagerly anticipate emerging trends, aiming to make a lasting impact in the ever-changing tech industry.

Experience

  • Market Facing Director at EY
    Aug 2024 - Present · 1 yr 11 mos

  • Senior Engineering Manager at FREENOW
    Nov 2021 - Sep 2023 · 1 yr 11 mos

    Tribe leadership (30 people) - B2B solutions and business partnerships - Setting strategic direction and solving growth challenges (M€ / month) - Cross business unit alignment and collaboration - Focused on solutions tailored for a large customer base (over 10M) and international partners - Accountability for performance, output and technical excellence (KPIs, OKRs) - Coaching to drive high performance

  • Smart Mobile Factory GmbH (4 yrs 8 mos)
    • Chief Technology Officer
      Sep 2018 - May 2021 · 2 yrs 9 mos

      Company leadership (40 people) - Define company goals and align strategy with shareholders - Modernise software development, architecture and distributed systems - Manage, grow and empower engineering managers - Support the team to solve complex problems and enable projects to scale - Facilitate collaboration by establishing processes and agile workflows

    • Part-Time iOS Developer
      Oct 2016 - Sep 2018 · 2 yrs

      While doing a trip around the world, I took the responsibility to work remotely as a part-time iOS developer for the Smart Mobile Factory. My tasks are to maintain, debug and improve some projects but also to help the iOS team whenever it is needed. See more of my travel at: http://picturemy.world

  • Smart Mobile Factory GmbH (Full-time · 3 yrs)
    • Engineering Manager (Lead iOS Developer)
      Jan 2015 - Aug 2016 · 1 yr 8 mos

      In my role as team lead, I created a structure in the iOS department to bring different people together in one team. With my team we worked together to write and follow a code style guide in order to make sure good code quality and consistent syntax were used in the iOS team. I also introduced a useful and efficient code review process in the company (Pull Request). During that time I learnt new technologies, such as Swift, and introduced them to my colleagues. I specialized in business infrastructure and continuous integration (JIRA, Jenkins, Hockey). In addition, I started a process of developer conferences within the company in order to share knowledge. I also wrote documentation about infrastructures and code review processes. Over the past two years I worked on over 40 projects.

    • iOS Developer
      Sep 2013 - Jan 2015 · 1 yr 5 mos

      As an iOS developer at Smart Mobile Factory, I was in charge of several big projects, including cross platform and backend based solutions. I had to estimate new features and schedule sprint plans to achieve complex releases. I quickly learnt how to switch between projects, fix bugs and apply long term solutions to any kind of project structure and logic. The main key was to keep a balance between quality code, customer requirements and development costs.

  • Developer / Project Manager at Wopata
    Sep 2011 - Aug 2012 · 1 yr

    Developer and project manager for a social network project created for surfers and kite surfers. This application on iPhone also shows weather forecasts for the next 48 hours.