IT Engineering Leader & AI Innovation Strategist · Munich, Germany

AndreaDe Luisi

Fractional CTO and AI adoption consultant helping startups and scale-ups build engineering excellence and ship at speed.

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About

Andrea De Luisi

I'm an IT engineering leader and AI innovation strategist with over a decade of experience building scalable products — and the teams behind them. I hold a Master's degree in AI (cum laude) from the University of Bari, and I use that foundation to help startups and scale-ups move from AI curiosity to production reality. Currently Tech Lead Manager at SEMRush (Adobe) and available for fractional CTO and interim technology leadership engagements, I bring together deep technical expertise and a genuine passion for people.

My career has taken me from hands-on development across Italy and Germany to leading cross-functional teams, driving architecture at scale, and guiding organisations through complex technical transitions. I've led migrations from multi-monolith stacks to scalable micro-frontend architectures, participated as a technical expert in successful due diligence processes, and progressed to Director of Engineering — managing distributed teams across Europe and Vietnam.

I believe the best technology decisions come from leaders who can code, communicate, and see around corners. That's what I bring to every engagement.

Experience

Independent Technology Consultant

2026 – Present

Startups & Scale-ups

  • Fractional CTO and strategic technology advisor for early and growth-stage companies
  • AI adoption: identifying high-leverage opportunities and guiding from pilot to production
  • Engineering org design: structuring teams, processes, and culture to scale
  • Technology due diligence and architecture reviews

Tech Lead Manager — Enterprise Site Intelligence

08/2024 – Present

SEMRush (now Adobe)

  • Engineering leadership for Enterprise Site Intelligence within Adobe's ecosystem

Ryte GmbH

11/2019 – 08/2024

Director of Engineering

02/2024 – 08/2024
  • Active participation during successful Due Diligence process as technical expert
  • Facilitated cross-department communication
  • People management as leader of leaders
  • Leveraged AI as project lead

Lead Frontend Architect

01/2022 – 01/2024
  • Re-architected legacy frontend from multi-monolith to scalable micro-frontend with Module Federation and Turborepo
  • Re-evaluated and applied CI/CD pipeline for continuous deployment
  • Reduced frontend team to 2 engineers while maintaining full platform delivery

Chapter Lead Frontend

11/2019 – 12/2021
  • Led cross-functional scrum team of 7–8 following the Spotify Chapter model
  • People management of up to 12 frontend engineers across 3 teams

Team Lead & Senior Consultant

2011 – 2019

Learnship · Everskill · Lynx · Reply

  • Frontend and full-stack leadership across Germany and Italy
  • Enterprise clients including Unicredit Group, HVB, Intesa Sanpaolo and Volkswagen Bank

Contact

I'm always open to interesting conversations — whether it's about technology, leadership, or building great teams.