Summary
Lorenz Knies is a Senior Research Engineer and machine learning specialist with 13 years of software engineering experience, currently building ML-driven solutions at Zalando Marketing Services in the Greater Hamburg Area. He combines deep engineering chops from senior and architect roles across startups and scale-ups—XING, YieldKit, Metrigo—with a practical focus on search, data-driven systems, and production-grade ML. Known internally as a "git guru," he brings strong version-control discipline and engineering craftsmanship to research-to-production workflows. His background spans hands-on system architecture, tech lead responsibilities, and customer intelligence, giving him a rare mix of product-aware research and scalable implementation experience.
14 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer