Summary
Christoph Eicke is a Senior Engineering Manager based in Hamburg with 11 years of experience transitioning from a Ruby on Rails full‑stack engineer to a leader focused on backend systems and Linux-based cloud infrastructure. He has led product and architecture teams at organizations like XING, NEW WORK SE, and Statista, and also spent years mentoring aspiring developers as a lecturer at Hamburg Coding School. Christoph emphasizes trust-based leadership, empowering teams to explore creative solutions while maintaining high quality and operational discipline. He specializes in guiding senior engineers into management and coaching junior managers through first-time leadership challenges. Known for blending hands-on technical depth with people-centric practices, he often surfaces practical trade-offs between product delivery and sustainable engineering.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Information Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Information Engineering at Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg (HAW Hamburg)