Paul Hitz is a seasoned Director of Engineering with 14 years of experience building cloud-native, highly available systems and leading global development teams from hands-on delivery to strategic alignment. At Dun & Bradstreet he progressed from senior developer to director, launching mission-critical APIs (D&B Direct+) and the company’s first Generative AI product, ChatD&B, while driving multi-region, fault-tolerant architectures with sub-300ms SLAs. He’s skilled at recruiting and scaling high-performing teams, instituting robust Agile practices, and instilling a cost-aware approach to cloud infrastructure. Known as an effective communicator and mentor, Paul pairs technical depth in RESTful APIs and scalable systems with strong cross-functional collaboration at the executive level. His background combines enterprise-grade delivery (supporting products that generate substantial revenue) with a curiosity for innovation demonstrated by running company-wide hackathons and RDI initiatives. Based in Leinster, Ireland, he holds an MSc in Software Engineering and a First Class BSc, blending rigorous academic foundations with pragmatic, production-focused leadership.
14 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
MSc Software Engineering, MSc Software Engineering at University College Cork
Simple mobile app to indicate if someone should be red or yellow carded
Contributions:4 commits, 4 PRs, 3 pushes in 10 years 2 months
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