Michael Zoidl
Founding partner & managing director at alm engineering in Munich
“Good software has nothing to do with hype. It's about clarity, robustness and long-term thinking.”
- Lead Software Architect
- Software architecture & AI systems
- Enterprise platforms for large and mid-sized companies
Michael Zoidl co-founded alm in 2019 and runs the company as managing director and Lead Software Architect. He is responsible for alm's technical direction: which architecture we build for enterprises and mid-sized companies, when AI goes into production, and the standards our teams work by. He has been developing software since 2009 and still works on the code himself.
- Architecture & technology Technical leadership of all projects and platforms
- Product & AI Product decisions made together with clients
- Engineering teams Building and leading teams, setting quality standards
- Munich office Registered office of alm engineering GmbH
Selected work
- Patent Studio, alm's own SaaS Patent Studio lead
- NotarPartner, B2B software for notary offices Notary software lead architect
- Haufe Akademie GmbH & Co. KG Customer portal & app design lead, UI/UX
- Blue Elephant Energy GmbH Acquisition pipeline lead, solo
Also on the team at badenova AG & Co. KG, ImmobilienScout24 GmbH, MediaMarktSaturn Retail Group, Alps Alpine Europe GmbH and quirion AG.
Career
- since 2019 Co-founder, managing director & Lead Software Architect, alm engineering Architecture, product decisions and team leadership in platform projects for enterprises and mid-sized companies in the DACH region, including badenova, MediaMarktSaturn, Alps Alpine, Scout24 and Haufe Akademie.
- since 2016 Founder & managing director, entwicklerstube His first software company, today a holding company for technology investments.
- 2014 – 2016 Freelance software consultant, Self-employed Large, data-driven platforms for BMW, ProSiebenSat.1 and Allianz. Moved from Ruby on Rails to full-stack JavaScript.
- 2011 – 2013 Software developer, flobbymedia Ruby on Rails and AngularJS in agency and product teams.
- 2009 – 2011 Junior software developer, Idee & Service, Eggenfelden Vocational apprenticeship with web development and first consulting projects on site with clients.