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Benjamin Talic

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Head of Engineering at Toggl
📍 Bosnia and Herzegovina

Benjamin Talic is the Head of Engineering at Toggl, where he focuses on building high-performing remote teams that can ship products without burning out. Drawing from his experience as a Director of Engineering at WorkSpan and holding C# and ASP. NET certifications, he is consistently described by colleagues as an exceptional, caring, and creative leader with deep technical expertise.

Benjamin is a proponent of open-source collaboration, having participated in the Google Summer of Code twice. He has also given talks to university students in Sarajevo to encourage participation in such programs, demonstrating a passion for mentoring the next generation of developers.

An interesting fact: Early in his career, he made open source his hobby, finding the community collaboration more rewarding than just the act of programming itself.

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Experience
12 Years
Current Role
Head of Engineering
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Personality Overview

How Benjamin shows up

Persuader
Pragmatic
Trusting

They do not mind taking risks and can make hard decisions, if necessary. They respond better to a combination of speed and relationship. They are more likely to be open to unproven but exciting technologies.

Priorities

Topics Benjamin cares about

Sustainable Engineering
His professional headline emphasizes his focus on building engineering teams that can ship products effectively without leading to employee burnout.
Remote Team Leadership
As the Head of Engineering for a remote-first company, he is deeply invested in strategies for managing and scaling distributed engineering teams effectively.
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Career

Work history

5-2025
Head of Engineering
Toggl
8-2024 - 5-2025
Technical Lead
Toggl
4-2023 - 8-2024
Engineering Manager
Toggl
4-2018 - 2-2023
Director Of Engineering
WorkSpan
12-2015 - 3-2018
Software Engineer
WorkSpan
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
2010 - 2014
Bachelor of Science (BSc)
International University of Sarajevo
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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