Viktoras Bezaras

Viktoras Bezaras

mail@viktoras.de  ·  Leipzig, Germany  ·  viktoras.de  ·  github.com/viktoras25  ·  linkedin.com/in/vkts

Software engineer who grew into engineering management without leaving the code behind. I find what's broken and fix it: an oversized AWS bill, slow agile processes, an underperforming team. I work leader-leader built on trust, with engineers who fully own their domains.

Experience
Engineering Manager · LeasingMarkt.de / AutoScout24
03/2022 - now
Engineering Manager · 2024–now · 7 developers (role resized in the post-acquisition restructuring)
Head of Development · 2022–2024 · 15 developers, 4 teams
Düsseldorf - LeasingMarkt GmbH is a car leasing marketplace with 2M+ monthly visitors, acquired by AutoScout24 Group.
  • -Built an agentic development suite (Claude, Codex) with agents, skills, and AI-first workflows; adopted by my team and picked up by neighbouring teams
  • -Co-delivered the on-prem → AWS migration in 3 months, then cut AWS spend by ~80%
  • -Migrated engineering org to GitHub and re-architected CI/CD pipelines
  • -Raised team throughput from ~20–25 to ~45–50 story points per sprint within about six months in 2026, with the same team size, by redesigning agile workflows and introducing AI-assisted development (Claude Code, Codex)
  • -Owned the full performance management cycle: 1:1s, reviews, PIPs, exits
People ManagementHiringPerformance ManagementTeam LeadershipStakeholder Management
PHPLaravelNode.jsAWSRDSCDKClaude CodeMariaDBAgileGitHub ActionsGitHubCodex
CTO · SportSpar
07/2019 - 03/2022
Hands-on CTO · 2019–2022 · 7 developers, 2 teams
Leipzig - SportSpar is an online outlet for discounted sportswear and equipment, processing thousands of orders per day across multiple European markets.
  • -Grew the team from 2 to 7 developers while owning all engineering
  • -Substantially rebuilt a poorly built internal PMS: architecture, infrastructure, test coverage, message queue
  • -Established team-oriented agile development processes
  • -Introduced quality standards and automated them via CI/CD processes
People ManagementHiringTeam Leadership
PHPMariaDBLaravelRabbitMQPHPUnitAgileRedisGitlab CI/CDYoutrackAnsible
Integrations Lead / Developer · TraSo
05/2014 - 06/2019
Leipzig - TraSo GmbH builds backend software for tour operators to place billions of travel offers on the market every day.
  • -Hired for hotel-data imports; took over and rewrote a slow, unreliable import module, with thousands of unit tests
  • -Tripled the number of connected third-party services/APIs
  • -Took over further domains: booking and transfer interfaces, OTDS export
PHPMySQLZend FrameworkPHPUnitGitJiraStashBambooGitLab
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Experience - continued
Senior Developer · meets-ecommerce
06/2013 - 05/2014
Niesky - Designed and developed a microservice-based e-commerce management system with integrations to Magento and other sales platforms.
PHPPhalcon FrameworkRabbitMQPostgreSQLGitRobot FrameworkScrum
PHP Developer · netforge
01/2011 - 04/2013
Berlin - Online dating platform. Sole developer responsible for building a full accounting management system from scratch (Symfony/Doctrine), plus advertising modules and multi-tenancy features. Worked 100% remotely and independently.
PHPMySQLSQLiteSymfony FrameworkDoctrineLimeSVNBootstrap
PHP Developer · WEB-SHOP-HOSTING
03/2010 - 12/2010
Berlin - Online agency for shop hosting and website development. Developed a Symfony-based CMS and a Drupal website for Teamdrive GmbH.
PHPSymfonyNginxMySQLDrupal 7Mercurial
PHP Developer · RedFortress
07/2008 - 03/2010
Saint Petersburg - SEO and web development agency. Developed and maintained food delivery websites and internal tools for SEO.
PHPSymfonyApacheCSSMySQLJavascript
Languages
Englishfluent
Germanfluent
Russiannative
Spanishbasic
Education
Engineer (Specialist diploma, 5-year programme) in Information Systems and Technologies · State University for Waterways Communications, Saint Petersburg