Alex Marek

Engineering Leader at the intersection of Enterprise Web, Process Automation, and AI Exploration.

Bayreuth, Bavaria, Germany

About

With over 9 years at Delivery Hero and nearly two decades in technical leadership, I specialise in running high-performing engineering teams and robust digital architectures. My focus is on horizontal impact: taking complex, manual business processes and transforming them into streamlined, automated workflows, constant improvement while never settling for the status quo. Currently, I am leading my team through the 'Exploration Era' of AI—identifying high-leverage opportunities for LLM integration and agentic automation within our existing web ecosystems and automation strategy. I believe the future of efficiency isn't just in the tools we use, but in how we strategically architect them to augment human talent and elevate governance, compliance, security and scalability. Core Focus: • Engineering Leadership: Leadership, mentorship, subcontractor negotiations and managing global teams. • Enterprise Web & Automation: Custom-designed solutions for complex, large-scale process efficiency. • AI Strategy: Pragmatic exploration of Generative AI and LLMs to solve real-world operational bottlenecks.

Experience

  • Delivery Hero (Full-time · 5 yrs 6 mos)
    • Engineering Manager - Business Automation
      Jul 2025 - Present · 1 yr 1 mo

      • Leading a diverse team of software engineers, delivering impactful automations across global stakeholders, resulting in increased average efficiency by 50% per automation. • In charge of the company's website services function, managing, observing and continuously developing a system on which over 100 websites are running.

    • Manager, Website Services
      Apr 2022 - Sep 2025 · 3 yrs 6 mos

      Leading a team of developers and designers. Managing projects and their successful delivery. Offering a multi-country service across the company's network of brands.

    • Senior Software Engineer, IT Services
      Feb 2021 - Apr 2022 · 1 yr 3 mos

      Internal and external comms website maintenance and development, mainly WordPress - traditional and headless. Team and project management.

  • Specialist, Digital Communications Projects at Delivery Hero
    Feb 2017 - Jul 2020 · 3 yrs 6 mos

    Front-end development, building fast, optimised and secure sites using custom Wordpress themes, js, vue.js, php, advanced css, design using Figma/Sketch.

  • Website Developer at Webdadi Ltd
    Jan 2014 - Jan 2017 · 3 yrs 1 mo

    Front-end development in ASP.NET using c# razor, CSS3, HTML5, jQuery, Adobe Creative Suite. Specializing in producing bespoke and templated websites for estate agents in London, rest of the UK and abroad.

  • Web Developer, Artiste at Alex Marek
    Mar 2012 - Dec 2014 · 2 yrs 10 mos

    Freelance web developer for companies such as Concord Institute, Cleargreen Inc., Enjoy Wadi Rum, Direct Temping, Balancing Elephant and more. Custom WordPress solutions. While in London and undertook foundational acting training and appeared in short movies as a lead character (The Lover, The Woods, Victim, Don't Tell the Missus, Soup of the Day) and tv commercials (Blackberry, Heart FM). Also involved as an extra in over 50 various feature movies such as the award winning The Imitation Game, Les Miserables, Jack Ryan, Cinderella, Maleficent, Red 2 and TV programmes such as Mr Selfridge, EastEnders, Call the Midwife etc.

  • Web, Estimating & IT Manager at Sayfa Systems UK
    Jan 2011 - Jan 2012 · 1 yr 1 mo

    · Managing workload and pricing enquiries coming in · Designing systems in AutoCAD 2011 (2D) · Product sourcing · Training and managing assistants · First line support within the company's local network (MS SBS, Office package, Windows maintenance) · Designing brochures, banners, product packaging and logos, Excel spreadsheets (advanced), databases (MS Access) · Maintenance of company website