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Patric Bucher — Engineering Director

Profile

Engineering leader with 18+ years delivering large-scale SaaS platforms and leading high-performing teams. Brings strategic leadership and hands-on expertise in distributed systems, cloud platforms, and AI-enabled product innovation. Skilled in mentoring future leaders, driving complex migrations, and scaling user-facing products.

Expertise

  • Leadership
  • Team Management
  • Software & System Architecture
  • AI & Cloud Platforms

Work Experience

LumApps — Engineering Director

Zürich · August 2025-present

  • Lead four cross-functional teams (35 engineers) in communication and collaboration. Set direction and ensure reliable implementation in times of change.
  • Mentor and support new team leaders. Establish leadership forums and peer coaching across the department.
  • Collaborate with product and design teams to align implementation with strategy. Promote accountability, autonomy, and measurable results.
  • Ensure continuity of engineering operations during post-merger integration (PMI), coordinating teams, processes, and priorities. Kafka, Kubernetes, React
  • Technologies: Python, Java, LangChain, Strands, AWS, GCP, SQL,

Beekeeper — Tech Lead / Engineering Manager

Zürich · 2019-2025

  • Led two cross-functional teams (15 engineers) across mobile and platform features. Drove predictable delivery and quality.
  • Built a strong coaching culture. Upskilled three engineers into team leads, strengthening succession and autonomy.
  • Led rollout of XMPP-based chat system. Aligned stakeholders, de-risked launch, and enabled future feature velocity.
  • Shipped a widget-based home screen (~600k weekly users), improving discoverability, UX consistency, performance, and extensibility for other teams.
  • Built a supportive engineering environment with long-tenured contributors.
  • Contributed hands-on to backend services (Java/Python), reviewed critical code paths, and guided system design decisions. GCP, SQL, Kafka, Kubernetes
  • Technologies: Java, Python, LangChain4j, Kotlin, Swift, Vue, AWS,

Younitec — Senior Software Engineer & Co-Owner

Cham · 2012-2018

  • Co-led a consultancy delivering time-boxed projects for enterprise clients, balancing delivery, quality, and maintainability under constraints.
  • Designed and maintained a technical calculation backend for a SAP-based quotation system used by a top Swiss industrial enterprise.
  • Led development of a pinch-analysis tool for chemical processes with the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts.
  • Delivered multiple web applications and consulting engagements across .NET and front-end stacks. Azure
  • Technologies: C#, .NET, ASP.NET, TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, SQL,

Erni — Professional Consultant

Baar · 2010-2011

  • Built a test automation tool with a scriptable interface and JavaScript SDK for test execution and reporting on a Linux-based embedded real-time framework.
  • Collaborated within regulated environments to ensure reliability and maintainability of testing workflows.
  • Technologies: C++, Qt, JavaScript, Linux

Carag — Software Engineer

Baar · 2006-2009

  • Implemented Windows drivers to connect medical devices to Windows systems and built desktop apps for data recording and visualization.
  • Managed internal IT infrastructure, ensuring dependable tooling and support for engineering operations.
  • Technologies: C++, Qt, SQL, Windows Driver Kit, Linux, IT Infrastructure

Languages

  • English: near native
  • German: native

Interests

  • Running, Cycling & Skiing
  • Books & Cooking
  • Music Nerd
  • Compilers & Virtual Machines
  • Event Based & Distributed Systems
  • Machine Learning & LLMs