Pavel Liubinski
@pavelliubinski
Engineering Leader with 17 years of experience in tech.
GermanyWhat I'm looking for
I am an Engineering Leader with 17 years of experience across both strategic and hands-on roles. My pragmatic, entrepreneurial mindset and strong sense of ownership drive me to thrive in fast-paced environments. I excel in clear communication and lead with empathy, always aiming to build high-performing teams that align engineering with business goals.
At CHECK24, I have successfully led teams in delivering customer-facing portals and internal systems, integrating AI features, and enhancing development processes. My leadership has resulted in significant improvements in team performance and project delivery, including a successful migration of security mechanisms and CI/CD pipelines that aligned with company standards.
With a strong technical background in various programming languages and frameworks, I am passionate about leveraging technology to solve complex problems. I continuously seek opportunities to grow and develop my skills while fostering a culture of collaboration and innovation within my teams.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Head of Department IT
CHECK24 Vergleichsportal GmbH
Apr 2022 - Present (3 years 3 months)
Led a team of 8 full-stack developers and 3 QA engineers to deliver the customer-facing portal and internal backoffice for private pension insurance; coached team members, shaped system architecture, and ensured quality through code reviews. Managed and coached a Team Lead overseeing a cross-functional subteam that delivered integrations with 12 insurance providers to ingest tariffs, retrieve poli
Team Lead IT
CHECK24 Vergleichsportal GmbH
Apr 2019 - Present (6 years 3 months)
Designed credential management solutions using Bamboo secrets, Ansible Vault, and JWTs, ensuring GDPR compliance in CI/CD pipelines across 2 teams. Led a team of 6 engineers while contributing to coding, architecture, code reviews, and infrastructure maintenance.
Senior Fullstack Developer
CHECK24 Vergleichsportal GmbH
Oct 2015 - Present (9 years 9 months)
Built a Node.js logging tool for microservices, presented it in cross-team tech talks, and achieved adoption by 2 product teams. Created a back-office tool with the MERN stack for the Legal Insurance comparison portal, replacing a legacy system and improving consultant productivity by ~50% while ensuring database consistency.
Fullstack Developer
Leads-Trade SRL
Mar 2010 - Present (15 years 4 months)
Taught myself LAMP stack, C#, WPF and developed a lead generation platform with landing pages, distributable forms, chatbots, and a rule-based system that distributed leads across b2b customers. Taught myself C++, Qt and Python and applied this in developing SEO Software with web scraping functionality, which was purchased by hundreds of customers.
Junior Software Developer
Computer Vision SRL
Aug 2008 - Present (16 years 11 months)
Taught myself Delphi, OpenGL and computer vision algorithms and applied them in developing software for an experimental computer vision tool suite.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Moldova State University
Higher Degree, Computer Science
Completed a higher degree program focusing on Computer Science. Gained foundational knowledge and skills in various aspects of computing.
Theoretic Lyceum “Gaudeamus”
High School Diploma, Physics & Mathematics Track
Obtained a High School Diploma with a specialization in Physics and Mathematics. Developed strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
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Location
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