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Marco Nätlitz

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Director Software Engineering at Exasol
📍 Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Marco Nätlitz is the Director of Software Engineering at Exasol, where he leads international teams focused on AI innovation, data lakehouses, and open source. He is a co-founder of the acquired data warehouse automation company, Yotill, and holds a Master of Science from the University of Cologne.

He is passionate about demystifying AI for data and software engineers, writing extensively on his blog, deliberate. codes. His work focuses on bridging the gap between complex AI frameworks and practical enterprise applications, emphasizing clarity and intent before implementation.

Unique fact: Marco is the inventor on a patent for a system that automates data warehouse development, allowing non-technical users to build production-ready data warehouses.

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Experience
13 Years
Current Role
Director Software Engineering
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Practical AI
He focuses on cutting through AI hype to help data and software engineers build real-world applications. He writes about what works in practice on his blog, deliberate. codes.
Agentic Engineering
A recent area of focus in his public speaking and writing, he explores spec-driven development to create more structured and effective AI-powered engineering workflows.
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Career

Work history

1-2026
Director Software Engineering
Exasol
12-2024 - 12-2025
Senior Engineering Manager (Head of Innovation)
Exasol
9-2020 - 11-2024
Senior Engineering Manager Data Warehouse Automation
Exasol
10-2018 - 9-2020
Co-Founder, Inventor, CTO (acquired)
Yotilla
11-2014 - 9-2018
Senior Consultant
areto consulting gmbh
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Education
2011 - 2014
Master of Science - MS
University of Cologne
Bachelor of Science - BS
Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences
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