Adrian Ludwig
@adrianludwig
Director of Engineering driving measurable outcomes in regulated fintech.
What I'm looking for
I am a Director of Engineering with deep experience leading large, multi-team engineering organizations in regulated fintech environments, known for relentless execution, pragmatic decision-making, and full ownership of product, compliance, and platform initiatives.
I have repeatedly delivered measurable outcomes: achieving over 80% of Key Results year after year, reducing microservices by 50%, cutting infrastructure costs by 60%, lowering production-bug incidents by 95%, and sustaining MTTR under one hour through improved incident management and observability.
I combine strategic leadership with hands-on technical involvement, building autonomous high-trust teams, strengthening security and operational posture, and partnering closely with product, data, and executive leadership to solve the right problems and accelerate delivery.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Director of Engineering
Xapo Bank
May 2023 - Present (2 years 8 months)
Led a 9-team engineering organization, achieving over 80% of Key Results annually while reducing microservices by 50%, cutting infrastructure costs 60%, and maintaining MTTR under 1 hour.
Technical Lead
Xapo Bank
Apr 2022 - Apr 2023 (1 year)
Reorganized product engineering into focused teams, doubled KYC/AML team performance in one quarter, reduced MTTR by 80%, and lowered MongoDB costs by 80% through architecture and process changes.
Tech Lead
Azimo
Mar 2019 - Mar 2022 (3 years)
Provided technical leadership across cross-functional teams, drove architectural decisions using Scala/Java, and owned delivery lifecycle and roadmaps to improve scalability and team autonomy.
Senior Software Engineer
Azimo
Aug 2018 - Mar 2019 (7 months)
Led backend development, redesigned core architecture to a microservices approach that accelerated development speed by up to 90% and improved scalability under peak traffic.
Big Data Engineer
Azimo
Nov 2016 - Aug 2018 (1 year 9 months)
Designed scalable big data pipelines that increased data processing speed by 90% and built analytics foundations to enable organization-wide operational insights.
Senior Software Engineer
Schibsted Tech Polska
May 2016 - Nov 2016 (6 months)
Developed a live sports streaming web application across the full stack, improving performance and reliability to deliver a stable, high-quality user experience.
Lead Software Engineer
VML
Jan 2015 - May 2016 (1 year 4 months)
Led engineering teams to deliver web applications, improving delivery processes and ensuring technical quality and scalability for client projects.
Product Architect
VML
Mar 2014 - Dec 2014 (9 months)
Owned product architecture for the Brand Fibres platform, leading a cross-functional team to build core features, server infrastructure, and analytics capabilities.
Lead Web Developer
VML
May 2012 - Mar 2014 (1 year 10 months)
Managed development teams, owned production readiness and operations, and drove continuous optimization and R&D to improve service reliability and deployments.
Lead Developer
Agencja Interaktywna Blue Paprica
Mar 2011 - May 2012 (1 year 2 months)
Developed e-commerce and web applications on Zend Framework, led engineering teams, introduced unit testing, and built a reusable corporate framework to improve code quality.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Cracow University of Technology
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
2008 - 2012
Completed a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science with coursework and projects focused on software engineering and systems development.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Availability
Location
Authorized to work in
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