Ole Michaelis

About

Ole is the Head of Engineering at 1KOMMA5°, decarbonizing housing to preserve our planet for our kids and grandkids. With over 15 years of experience in the SaaS industry, Ole has a passion for coding, learning, and experimenting with new technologies. He has contributed to several open source projects, such as pdf.js, and has spoken at various conferences to share his knowledge and enthusiasm. As an Engineering Manager, Ole's mission is to create a positive, caring, and honest culture where everyone works at their best and elevates the team, company, and product. He loves coaching and growing people beyond what they think is possible, and he trusts them to deliver great software on all layers. He also enjoys traveling, playing board games, and learning the acoustic guitar. He is fluent in English and German. Knows how to juggle, seriously.

Experience

• Head of Engineering at 1KOMMA5°
  Mar 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 4 mos

• DNSimple (7 yrs 5 mos)
  • Software Engineering Manager
    Jun 2022 - Mar 2024 · 1 yr 10 mos

  • Senior Software Engineer
    Nov 2016 - Jul 2022 · 5 yrs 9 mos

• Senior Software Engineer at Jimdo GmbH
  Dec 2012 - Oct 2016 · 3 yrs 11 mos

  Doing devops, tooling and software design

• Software Engineer at Digital Pioneers N.V.
  Apr 2012 - Dec 2012 · 9 mos

  Developing APIs for mobile clients. Playing around with latest cutting edge technologies

• Innogames GmbH (2 yrs 9 mos)
  • Lead Developer
    Jul 2011 - Mar 2012 · 9 mos

    Leading a team up to 10 developers, running a social game (WestWars) on Facebook.

  • Trainee Software Developer
    Jul 2009 - Jun 2011 · 2 yrs

    Working on Triblwars, Tribalwars mobile and WestWars