Florian Merz

Dr.-Ing. & CTO

Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

About

There are several good reasons for me to be on LinkedIn, for example to stay in contact with people I met in the past, to meet knew people, to read interesting content. Buying goods and services isn't one of them. So don't bother trying to sell me anything here, please. Also, if your contacting me and your job description sounds like your job is to sell, and your not giving me a good reason to accept the request, I will ignore it. It's a bit sad that LinkedIn has come to the point where this is necessary, but here we are. Please don't take it personal, I just want to save both of us some time. To anyone else: nice to meet you 👋

Experience

  • KIWI.KI GmbH (Berlin, Germany · Remote)
    • CTO
      Sep 2024 - Present · 1 yr 11 mos

    • Head of Product and Engineering
      Dec 2023 - Aug 2024 · 9 mos

    • Head of Engineering
      Oct 2022 - Nov 2023 · 1 yr 2 mos

  • SmartMakers (5 yrs 6 mos)
    • CTO
      Jul 2019 - Sep 2022 · 3 yrs 3 mos

    • VP Software Development
      Apr 2018 - Jun 2019 · 1 yr 3 mos

    • Senior Software Developer
      Apr 2017 - Mar 2018 · 1 yr

  • Researcher at Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
    Oct 2016 - Mar 2017 · 6 mos

  • Co-founder & CTO at QPR Technologies
    Nov 2015 - Oct 2016 · 1 yr

  • Researcher and Phd Candidate at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) / University of Karlsruhe (TH)
    Aug 2009 - Jan 2016 · 6 yrs 6 mos