Torsten Engler
Director Of Engineering at SmartRunning
Greater Munich Metropolitan Area Germany
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Top SchoolTorsten Engler is a pragmatic engineering leader based in the Greater Munich area, currently serving as Director of Engineering at Checkmk after rapidly progressing from Software Engineering Manager. With a background in embedded systems and motor control—shaping a motor control software library used in 50+ Hilti tools—he blends deep technical expertise in C++ and real-time systems with product-focused delivery and process improvement. He has led cross-functional release planning, architecture design, and DevOps-driven quality initiatives, and earlier research work on stereo-vision and large-scale C++ refactoring highlights strong foundations in algorithmic systems and maintainable codebases. Outside corporate roles he applies coaching skills as a running coach, reflecting an interest in sustained performance and team development.
3 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MS) Elektrotechnik und Elektronik, Master of Science (MS) Elektrotechnik und Elektronik at Technical University of MunichBachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) Elektrotechnik und Elektronik, Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) Elektrotechnik und Elektronik at DHBW Stuttgart
English, German
Github Skills (5)
monitoring10
application-monitoring10
checkmk10
ansible8
grafana4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
englertor/checkmk
Apr 2023 - Apr 2023
Checkmk - Best-in-class infrastructure & application monitoring
Contributions:9 PRs, 15 pushes, 7 branches in 1 day
Checkmk/checkmk
Apr 2023 - Mar 2026
Checkmk - Best-in-class infrastructure & application monitoring
Contributions:2 PRs, 1 push, 1 branch in 2 years 11 months
application-monitoringcheckmkmonitoring
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