Fabian Kothe as AI Coding Days Ambassador

Event Ambassador · AI Coding Days

Fabian Kothe

CTO/CPO Kaufland e-commerce · Event Ambassador AI Coding Days

He scales tech and product at Kaufland e-commerce: from Hitflip via Hitmeister to the Global Marketplace – and as Event Ambassador of AI Coding Days he shares how leadership in large tech teams really works.

  • CTO/CPO Kaufland
  • AI Coding Days Ambassador
  • alphalist Member
CTO/CPO Role
300+ Tech and Product
since 2020 Remote-first
Hitflip → Kaufland Path

Who is Fabian

Fabian Kothe is Managing Director and CTO/CPO (CTPO) at Kaufland e-commerce and CTO of Kaufland Global Marketplace. Since February 2017 he has owned tech and product; since March 2018 also as Managing Director.

His path ran from an internship after school at Hitflip via Hitmeister and real.digital to Kaufland e-commerce. He studied Business Informatics at TU Darmstadt. Today he leads tech and product with more than 300 people in a company of about 600 – remote work has been core culture since April 2020.

What else he does

01

Marketplace and product

As CTPO he steers tech and product for Kaufland e-commerce and the Global Marketplace – with responsibility for more than 300 people.

02

Remote as company culture

Since April 2020 remote work has been core culture at Kaufland e-commerce – he talks about it on the Digitale Leute podcast and on Slack.

03

Network and voice in the community

alphalist member since 2019; clear takes on tech beyond silos, remote culture and marketplace growth – from podcast to Shoptalk Europe.

Find him online

Podcast, articles and speaker slots – how Fabian thinks about tech and product.

  1. Digitale Leute Podcast Episode 54

    Interview on remote as company culture and the tech stack at Kaufland e-commerce.

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  2. Slack: Moving past the IT department

    Guest piece: stop saying “the IT department” – why tech belongs in the middle of the business.

    Open post

  3. Speaker Shoptalk Europe

    On stage for “Unlocking Growth Through Marketplaces” – as CTO of Kaufland Global Marketplace.

    Open post

  4. LinkedIn

    Marketplace, product and remote from Hürth (NRW) – connect for a real conversation.

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Connect and exchange

Questions on marketplace, product or remote culture? Fabian is reachable on LinkedIn – happy to connect if you want substance.