Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Milos is a seasoned technology leader who architects and scales complex platforms for global consumer brands. He has led cross‑functional engineering teams across continents to build and modernise core order‑processing apps, vendor self‑service tools and a global, AI‑powered food catalog. His portfolio includes cloud migrations from serverless to containerised microservices, integration of machine‑learning analytics and the implementation of vendor performance / self‑service dashboards. Beyond technical execution, he works on hiring, budget management, procurement and cost‑control processes, participates in due‑diligence for market acquisitions and divestments, and ensures compliance and security across products. An active contributor to the tech community, he maintains open‑source projects, speaks at conferences and co‑organises developer meetups.
• Led many cross‑functional and distributed engineering teams/domains on various projects, intersecting across six delivery platforms / tech hubs and seven internal product teams • Orchestrated budgeting, teams and processes required to build the Global Menu Platform, an intelligence‑driven food catalog used by hundreds of thousands of vendors and browsed by millions of customers across the 70+ countries where we operate • Participated in technical due‑diligence processes during acquisitions and divestments, assessing technology stacks, integration readiness and compliance when the company entered or exited local markets • Directed a three‑year migration of ~80 AWS serverless lambda functions into a Kubernetes microservice architecture, laying the foundation for the world’s greatest food catalog • Scaled vendor‑facing systems to 600 K+ users across 70+ countries, processing ~5M orders per day and ~4M catalog changes per day, supporting around 1 M restaurant-based users • Managed up to $3M in annual CAPEX and a varying staff size of 20-30 FTEs, consistently delivering above targets while closing multiple privacy and compliance initiatives annually – with zero major incidents • Participated and led multiple market migrations due to acquisitions or divestments, particularly related to operations in APAC – across multiple distant timezones • Oversaw and led cross‑company cost tracking and backcharging initiatives primarily used for Menu Intelligence™ tools, improving cost transparency and accountability for the six local platforms we operate • Oversaw numerous 3rd‑party and POS catalog integrations, GDPR and SOC compliance initiatives, and procurement of technology and services for the global platform • Represented Delivery Hero at conferences and AWS summits, presenting on database optimisation, intelligence tools, and leadership concepts
• Managed development of restaurant performance and self‑service tools, integrating analytics and machine learning to deliver real‑time dashboards and on-demand operational control features • Defined and rolled out features that increased vendor online time by 5 %, reduced vendor order loss by 8 % and improved menu availability by 21 %, contributing to roughly $20 M in incremental GMV • Oversaw hiring for 25 open roles, designing interview processes, sourcing and evaluating 1 500+ candidates, and managing headcount and salary budgets in partnership with HR • Implemented cost‑optimisation initiatives, introducing dashboards and self‑service features that reduced vendor costs and improved transparency • Managed expenses for travel, equipment, salaries and cloud services to the limit of $2M p.a. • Organized and ran quarterly cost‑reduction programmes and optimised cloud spend while meeting all CAPEX targets • Supported procurement and selection of software, hardware and services for the teams, including some contract negotiation, ensuring alignment with technical needs and budgets • Combined technical leadership with end‑to‑end team management and people growth coaching, granting me ownership of hiring, budgets, cost models and procurement processes for up to three teams
• Led and owned the GoDroid Android app development as a mobile tech lead, focusing on architecture, stability and hyper-scaling "from zero to hero" in a market of up to 1M vendors • Coordinated feature releases and performance improvements with backend teams, ensuring seamless order processing during a period of rapid growth • Managed and mentored other developers, established new coding standards and test practices, as well as CI/CD pipelines for the mobile stack • Identified and resolved performance bottlenecks, refactored critical modules and improved reliability ahead of the larger platform migration • Acted as the main mobile point of contact in cross‑department meetings, aligning product requirements with technical capabilities • Identified business growth opportunities and collaborated with the other tech leaders in laying out the foundation for scaling GoDroid to hundreds of thousands of daily active users
• Regular public speaker at international tech and leadership conferences • Lead and co‑organizer of multiple international tech meetup groups • Creating and publishing award‑winning apps and open-source libraries, like Material Wallpapers: Infinite, Timecrypt (now Bitwarden Send), Picword (now Windows Hello), The Agent Abot, Circular Slider, Condo, and other creative projects • Maintaining multiple personal projects and prototypes for better exposure and hands‑on experience in AI/ML, cloud-native, crypto, and quantum workflows • Contributor to various open‑source apps and services outside of personal projects • Mentor and competition arbiter in the international developer community • Maintaining a personal/tech blog at milos.marinkovic.xyz
• Played a key role in scaling the Revolut EU app into new markets, supporting the company's unicorn-stage growth • Designed and implemented features, as well as mobile architecture patterns in the Revolut EU app, ensuring scalability and performance • Coordinated tech investments and OKR setting for the team • Introduced new agile workflows, code review standards and upgraded CI pipelines • Coached and mentored other engineers from the team and outside of the team • Coordinated cross‑functional teams across multiple markets and timezones, meeting compliance and user‑experience requirements during rapid growth • Closely aligned with the product and design partners on upcoming ideas, goals and deliverables
• Delivered on many Android initiatives and the newly built BFF/B2F mobile API • Established and led development of CI/CD pipelines for mobile and backend • Mentored multiple engineers from the team and outside of the team • Collaborated closely with heads of engineering and managers to set, drive and complete team goals on a quarterly basis • Led agile change processes, goal‑setting and quality improvements to enhance guest experience and reliability • Standardised engineering processes and best practices, ultimately improving mobile infrastructure for a global limousine service competing with Uber
• Envisioned and led development of the Android UI framework for native VoIP apps and solutions, collaborating with remote teams across North America, southern India, and eastern Russia • Delivered a fully responsive mobile-tablet-desktop UI experience with over 50 screens in an award‑winning unified communications product, while guiding architectural decisions for the mobile clients
• Delivered native VoIP Android apps and solutions, collaborating with remote teams across North America. • Contributed to award‑winning unified communications products