Nikolay Sturm

Experienced Engineering Manager bridging the gap between business and technology

Greater Munich Metropolitan Area

About

I am an accomplished and versatile Engineering Manager with a proven track record of effective leadership and technical expertise, encompassing tasks ranging from managing a fully-fledged cloud migration to bringing a struggling software migration project back on track. A hallmark of my approach is the ability to collaborate effectively across diverse technical and non-technical stakeholders. I serve as a vital connection between the business and technical domains, fostering clear communication with senior management, product owners, and users.

Experience

  • Director of Engineering at HolidayCheck AG
    Apr 2025 - Present · 1 yr 3 mos

    I am responsible for the development of our retail technology platform.

  • ifap Service-Institut für Ärzte und Apotheker GmbH (Greater Munich Metropolitan Area · Hybrid)
    • VP Software Development
      Oct 2024 - Mar 2025 · 6 mos

      Building next-generation software modules for CGM's practice management software.

    • Team Leader Software Development
      Jan 2021 - Oct 2024 · 3 yrs 10 mos

      With my teams of software engineers, I am responsible for the operation and maintenance of our pharmaceutical data processing system, as well as the development of its successor.

  • HolidayCheck Group AG (Greater Munich Metropolitan Area · Hybrid)
    • Head of Platform Engineering
      Jun 2019 - Jan 2021 · 1 yr 8 mos

      I was responsible for the availability and proper operation of HolidayCheck's online platform. I had 3 teams in my department, consisting of Platform and Software Engineers. In this role, I collaborated across the organization with both technical and non-technical colleagues. In particular regarding budgeting and contracts, IT security, and general compliance topics.

    • Team Lead Operations Engineering
      Nov 2014 - May 2019 · 4 yrs 7 mos

      Leading a team of Systems and DevOps Engineers, I was responsible for the availability and proper operation of HolidayCheck's online infrastructure.

  • Software Engineer at fromAtoB GmbH
    Apr 2014 - Oct 2014 · 7 mos

    Software development and DevOps

  • Gutefrage.net GmbH (2 yrs 9 mos)
    • Team Lead Engineering (helpster.de)
      Sep 2013 - Mar 2014 · 7 mos

      Led the Rails Application Team for the Helpster platform.

    • Senior Web Application Engineer
      Jul 2011 - Aug 2013 · 2 yrs 2 mos

      Software development with Ruby on Rails.