Elias Steiner

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VP of Engineering, Jade Analytics - PostgreSQL · Python · rate limiting

Jade Analytics
Hamburg, Germany · CET (UTC+1)
14+ years experience
Humboldt University of Berlin
English, German, French
Co-founder
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Overview

VP of Engineering at Jade Analytics, focused on API platforms. Built the experimentation framework 19 product teams use to ship changes safely. Before that: Criteo and Deloitte. Most at home with REST and PostgreSQL.

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Skills
rate limitingPythonPostgreSQLDjangoREST
Co-founderLooking for a co-founder
closes in 3 months

Looking for an operations co-founder for returns management for university students

The idea
Looking for an operations co-founder for returns management for university students
Stage
Prototype
I bring
4 years in API platforms
Looking for
Commercial co-founder who has sold to enterprises
Commitment
Full-time now
Location
Hamburg or remote

I bring 14 years of API platforms (currently Jade Analytics). Ideally you've led a design team. Incorporated, self-funded so far.

Hamburg, Germany · remote OKdjangorate limitingpostgresql
Open

Experience

  1. VP of Engineering
    Aug 2022 - Present
    Jade Analytics · 4 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Hamburg, Germany
    • Reduced cloud spend on public API by 30% in two quarters.
    • Shipped 19 launches on the public API team without a rollback.
    • Led the migration of 69 services to Django.
  2. Backend Engineer
    Aug 2020 - May 2022
    Criteo · 1 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Hamburg, Germany
    • Moved 81% of public API traffic off a legacy monolith without a customer-facing incident.
  3. Senior Backend Engineer
    Apr 2017 - Aug 2020
    Deloitte · 3 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Hamburg, Germany
    • Shipped a rewrite that took build times from 27 minutes to under 6.
  4. Senior Backend Engineer
    Sep 2015 - Apr 2017
    UniCredit · 1 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Hamburg, Germany
    • Mentored 12 engineers through their first promotion.
    • Shipped a rewrite that took build times from 24 minutes to under 4.
  5. Backend Engineer
    Oct 2012 - Sep 2015
    L'Oréal · 2 yr 11 mo · Full-time · Hamburg, Germany
    • Shipped a rewrite that took build times from 33 minutes to under 3.

Projects

Write-up: API platforms in practice
2025

A long-form guide to API platforms for people starting out.

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Education

  1. Humboldt University of Berlin
    BA, Electronics and Communication
    2008 - 2011

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