Daniel Schmidt

Building engineering teams | ALDI DX Center Hungary

Hungary

About

Engineering Manager with 15+ years of experience building software products, leading engineering organizations, and delivering technology strategy across enterprise and startup environments. Currently leading Enterprise Solutions at ALDI International IT Services, where I built and scaled a cross-functional engineering organization from 0 to 50+ people while establishing engineering strategy, governance, and delivery practices for global internal products. Combines hands-on software engineering experience with product management, entrepreneurship, and organizational leadership. Passionate about building high-performing engineering teams, growing technical leaders, and aligning technology investments with measurable business outcomes.

Experience

  • ALDI International IT Services (3 yrs 2 mos)
    • IT Manager
      May 2025 - Present · 1 yr 3 mos

    • Senior Team Leader
      Dec 2023 - May 2025 · 1 yr 6 mos

    • PHP Developer
      Jun 2023 - Dec 2023 · 7 mos

  • Freelance Software Developer at Freelance
    Nov 2021 - Jun 2023 · 1 yr 8 mos

  • Product Manager at Tresorit
    Jan 2020 - Oct 2021 · 1 yr 10 mos

  • Project Manager at IBM Budapest Lab
    Nov 2018 - Dec 2019 · 1 yr 2 mos

    My main role was to support customer success management, offering managers and engineers in Streaming Manager and Streaming Manager for Enterprise-related product developments, and custom deals.

  • Co-founder, Managing Director at Pickies
    Oct 2017 - Dec 2019 · 2 yrs 3 mos

    Our mission with Pickies was to bring a healthy snacking experience to both individuals and companies. Some of my responsibilities were to acquire funding; build out company strategy, work on product and business development; handle administrative tasks of the business, and ensure smooth daily operation.