FinTech that respects you
Building mobile banking at Tomorrow — financial tools that are genuinely pleasant to use, without ever cutting corners on security or compliance.
Engineering Team Lead
SÖNKE NOMMENSEN
I lead the engineers building mobile banking at Tomorrow. Off the clock you'll find me dialing in a pour-over, out on a steel road bike, or chasing my kids around with a camera.
01About
Hi — I'm Sönke. I build software, lead a team of engineers, and care a little too much about the small details most people never notice.
I'm an Engineering Team Lead at Tomorrow, where we build mobile banking that treats people's money — and their attention — with respect. Most days that means architecture calls, code reviews, and clearing the road so my team can do their best work.
I've been writing software for about thirteen years, across fintech, insurance and safety-critical systems. Somewhere along the way I learned that growing people is every bit as satisfying as shipping code.
Areas of focus
Current role
Engineering Team Lead
at Tomorrow
Location
Lübeck, Germany
Open to remote
Education
M.Sc. Computer Science
University of Lübeck
02What I do
Three things
I spend my days on
Leading the team
Growing engineers I'd happily work for one day. Honest feedback, real code reviews, and room to make the kind of mistakes you can recover from.
Software craft
A pragmatic believer in tests and clean code. Not dogmatic about it — but a good test suite has saved me from myself more times than I can count.
03Experience
A short history
Engineering Team LeadTomorrow
Leading the team behind Tomorrow's mobile banking platform. System design, code reviews, and helping engineers ship features without anyone waking up to a pager at 3 a.m.
LeadershipFinTechHands-on
Previously
~13 YEARS Thirteen-plus years across fintech, insurance and safety-critical domains — a senior engineer at Tomorrow, my first team-lead role at ELEMENT Insurance, and six years at Dräger building medical and safety tech where reliability isn't a nice-to-have. The throughline: code that matters, and people worth investing in.
TomorrowELEMENT InsuranceDräger
Full history on LinkedIn
04Off the clock
When I'm not at the keyboard
Three things keep me sane outside of work. None of them involve a deadline.
Specialty coffee
Filter, almost always. I brew on a V60 or my OXO rapid brewer and keep notes I pretend are scientific. The goal each morning: a cup that tastes like more than just "coffee".
Cycling
Long roads on a steel-framed Fairlight Strael 3.0. Steel because it soaks up the rough stuff and gives a little back, which feels about right for a bike that's mostly about clearing my head.
Photography
I shoot Fujifilm, and these days the subject is almost always my kids. Mostly I'm just trying to hold onto the small, fast-moving moments before they're gone.
05Contact
Let's say hello
Working on something interesting, hiring, or just want to talk coffee and bikes? My inbox is open.
Based in Lübeck, GermanyOpen to remote