Marcus Wermuth

Engineering Manager at Buffer

LinkedIn profile

Seniority

3 Years

Hierarchy

Manager of ICs

Management Experience

Salary / Work Conditions

Building a Team

Personal growth

Remote

Company Culture

Leadership

Internal Communication

Collaboration

Feedback

Team processes

Career Path

New Manager

Hi everyone! My name is Marcus Wermuth and I am currently Engineering Manager at Buffer, where I lead a team of 5 people. Looking forward to meeting you!

Sorry, I am not currently available for mentoring sessions.

Stories

How to Become An Active Listener

10 September

Marcus Wermuth, engineering manager at Buffer, shares how his tendency to switch to problem-solving mode isn’t always the best asset, especially when managing a remote team. He describes how one piece of feedback changed the course of how he now actively listens to and communicates with his team.

Feedback

Internal Communication

One-on-one

Personal growth

Marcus Wermuth

Engineering Manager at Buffer

Become a Manager on My Own: A Classic Tale of Being Thrown into a Management Role

23 August

Marcus Wermuth, engineering manager at Buffer, opens up about the things that helped him transition from maker to manager and to level up and grow into a management position when he was left with no other option.

Coaching / Training / Mentorship

Marcus Wermuth

Engineering Manager at Buffer

Experience

Subject Matter Expert (Remote Work)

Workplaceless

Nov 2018 - current

I have contributed my subject matter expertise in remote work to one or more of the Workplaceless competency-based training programs in remote work and leadership. Remote Work Experts at Workplaceless: 1\. Have more than two years of experience working remotely 2\. Have experience managing a remote team 3\. Contribute subject matter expertise to Workplaceless curricula and content 4\. Share thought leadership in remote work through publications or speaking engagements

Developer & Designer

marcuswermuth.com

Jan 2011 - Sep 2015

I'm a software engineer / UI designer working remotely as a freelancer. You can hire me. I spent my time writing in Swift, ObjectiveC or Ruby, and using Sketch. If you are interested in my work please follow me on Twitter and contact me here on Linkendin. You can also read some of the articles about my thoughts and ideas on mwermuth.com Need help in building your product? Need help developing your mobile Apps? Need help to test your mobile UI or need help designing it? I am open for consulting for iOS/Android or web projects.

CTO

Wechselwild

Aug 2013 - Nov 2014

Praktikant

Rohde & Schwarz

Aug 2011 - Mar 2012

Development of a TCP Traffic Simulation Environment in Python. This was used to test the TCP Protocol over certain low bandwidth scenarios. Throughout this work I got a good insight into multiple layers of standard communication networks.

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