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Sebastian Grebe

Senior Engineering Manager

Dubai, UAE sebigrebe@gmail.com +971 543 942 679 dubizzle
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Key Highlights

  • Scaled engineering org to 40+ engineers at MENA's biggest classified marketplace
  • AI-first product strategy with LLM-powered features using LangChain & LangGraph
  • Full-stack platform modernization from Django monolith to Next.js micro-frontends
  • Published author of two technical books (Packt Publishing)
  • Running 4 active ventures across AI and fintech
  • 10+ years shipping production code across startups and scale-ups

Career History

05/2021 – PresentCurrent

Senior Engineering Manager

Dubizzle Group · Dubai, UAE

Tech: Django, Python, MySQL, PostgreSQL, AWS (EKS, RDS), React, Next.js, TypeScript, LangGraph, LangChain

05/2021 – 05/2023

Engineering Manager

Dubizzle Group · Dubai, UAE

Tech: Django, Python, MySQL, PostgreSQL, AWS (EKS, RDS), React, Next.js, TypeScript, LangGraph, LangChain

01/2018 – 05/2021

Engineering Team Lead

Aachener Parkhaus GmbH · Aachen, Germany

Tech: React.js, React Native, TypeScript, Node.js, NestJS, Express.js, ES6, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Laravel, PHP, Azure

01/2018 – 05/2021

Full-Stack Engineer

Aachener Parkhaus GmbH · Aachen, Germany

Tech: React.js, React Native, TypeScript, Node.js, NestJS, Express.js, ES6, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Laravel, PHP, Azure

01/2016 – 01/2018

Software Engineer

IfU – Institut für Unternehmenskultur GmbH · Aachen, Germany

Tech: React.js, TypeScript, ES6, Node.js, NestJS, Express.js, MySQL, PHP, Laravel

01/2013 – 01/2017

Founder & Software Engineer

Entrepreneurial Work · Cologne, Germany

Tech: Laravel, PHP, MySQL, AngularJS, TypeScript

Core Competencies

AI & LLM

LangChainLangGraphLangSmithOpenAIClaudeChatGPTGeminiSemantic Search

Frontend

ReactNext.jsTypeScriptReact NativeVue.jsAngular

Backend

Node.jsNestJSPythonDjangoExpress.jsGraphQLElixirPHP / Laravel

Infrastructure

AWS (EKS, RDS, S3, Lambda, Kinesis)AzureKubernetesDockerCI/CDSonarQube

Data

PostgreSQLMySQLMongoDBRedisElasticsearchRabbitMQ

Leadership

Engineering ManagementHiring & Team ScalingMicroservices ArchitectureSystems DesignStakeholder ManagementAgile / Scrum

Education

2016 – 2018

Specialist in Application Development (IHK-Certified)

BWV Aachen

Aachen, Germany

Government-certified dual vocational degree combining academic coursework with professional training (EQF Level 4)

2013 – 2016

Computer Science (foundational coursework)

RWTH Aachen University

Aachen, Germany

Completed foundational coursework before transitioning to professional qualification track

Publications