Hey there! I'm Lukas,
Engineering Manager & Growth Engineer

I lead engineering teams and drive growth through rapid experimentation. Combining technical expertise with data-driven product thinking to deliver measurable business impact.

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About Me

My journey from a hands-on fullstack developer to an engineering manager has been driven by a passion for building not just great software, but great software teams. I thrive on the challenge of scaling B2B SaaS platforms, connecting technology with business outcomes, and fostering a culture of continuous learning. Balancing technical depth with a product-focused mindset to lead teams that deliver impactful solutions.

Core Expertise & Skills

Technical Stack

<>TypeScriptJSJavaScript⚛️React🟢Node.js📱React NativeNext.js

Product & Growth

Product-Led Growth (PLG)Growth HackingA/B Testing & ExperimentationData-Driven Decision Making

Domain & Leadership

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B2B SaaS Platforms

Deep experience in building and scaling business-to-business SaaS products.

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Engineering Management

Building high-performing teams, managing technical priorities, and developing technical talent.

Scaling Frontend Systems

Building modern, high-quality UIs (not just) for growth.

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Cross-functional Collaboration

Working with product, design, and data teams to ship features that drive results.

Talks

Frontkon 2024: How we said goodbye to GraphQL

Available in Czech language only

Expertise Highlights

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Product-Led Growth

Driving user acquisition by connecting growth levers like onboarding funnels, activation triggers, and product improvements that naturally attract and retain users.

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B2B SaaS & Frontend

Building robust frontend architectures, have extensive experience in the technical and product challenges of delivering high-quality B2B SaaS software.

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Experimentation & Data

Utilizing A/B testing and feature experiments to make data-informed decisions. Comfortable with setting up experiments, analyzing key metrics, and optimizing user experience.

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Engineering Leadership

Building effective engineering teams, fostering technical excellence, and aligning technical initiatives with product and company strategy.

Career Journey

Engineering Manager

Pipedrive
January 2025 - Present

Managing a distributed team of 8 brilliant engineers, focused on Growth engineering and rapid experimentation. Working closely with product managers, designers, engineering managers and stakeholders, while striving to keep the engineering team happy and engaged and be an enabler for them.

Lead Software Engineer

Pipedrive
January 2024 - January 2025

Tech lead in a small team focused on rapid experimentation around new customer journey. Worked closely with product manager, designer, UX researcher and data analyst. The work involved the whole product lifecycle, from early discovery phase through proof of concepts to putting together teams for final delivery.

Senior Full-stack Developer

Pipedrive
March 2022 - January 2024

Part of multiple product teams (including team focused on Email & Messaging) while being involved in several platform initiatives. Led several projects within the Missions framework. Technologies: TypeScript, React, GraphQL (Relay), Tanstack Query, Nest.js, Fastify, MySQL, Kafka, CouchDB.

Frontend Developer & Lecturer

Česká televize, Software Development Academy, Showmax
February 2019 - March 2022

Helped build a brand new video-on-demand platform at Česká televize (Czech national broadcasting television) from the ground up, including custom video player and GraphQL server. Taught JavaScript fundamentals at Software Development Academy. Previously worked on Showmax's VOD platform. Technologies: TypeScript, React, GraphQL (Apollo).

PHP/JS Developer & JS Team Leader

RTsoft s.r.o.
March 2015 - January 2019

Started as a PHP backend developer and transitioned to JavaScript and frontend development. Led the JavaScript team from March 2018, focusing on JavaScript in both web and mobile applications.

Interests

Lukas family cartoon
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Rugby

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MMA & BJJ

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Fitness

Coffee

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History

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Geography & Geopolitics

Let's Connect

I'm always open to discussing engineering management, product-led growth ideas, consulting, or technical ideas, or collaborating on growth. Get in touch, I'd love to hear your thoughts and opportunities.

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Lukas Havlicek - Engineering Manager & Fullstack Developer