levent ali

engineering leader in london. twenty-odd years mixing strategy, technology, creativity and fun to build internet products.

currently

2024 — now

Personio

Engineering Leader. Building workflow automation and leading the Apps product area.

previously

2018 — 2024

Intercom

Director of Engineering. Helped create the first major chatbot product, opened the London office and grew it 15× in four years. Teams built Fin and Workflows.

2015 — 2018

BrappTV

Co-founder. A music creation and collaboration app, now retired.

2011 — 2014

Xively

Director of Engineering Operations at LogMeIn. Managed the London R&D teams and worked with the executive team in Boston to drive change across the company, moving the whole organisation to iterative working, automated testing and continuous delivery.

2010 — 2011

Pachube

Lead Ruby Developer. Tech lead for the Internet of Things platform that LogMeIn acquired in 2011 and grew into Xively. Improved code quality, introduced solid engineering and agile practices, and drove product development alongside the founder and CTO.

2008 — 2010

ESP Enrich Productions

Tech Lead. Helped ThoughtWorks finish the first iteration of 1click2fame.com, then built an in-house team to take it on, migrating from Merb to Ruby on Rails and building a suite of Rack and Sinatra apps for the ESP platform. Product owner for an outsourced project with Applicake in Krakow, working hand in hand with stakeholders and directors on all technical projects.

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