Josip Stuhli

CTO @ Sofascore

Building the technology, team and infrastructure behind real-time sports platform for 50+ million users. Engineering leader, conference speaker, and distributed systems enthusiast.

15+
Years of experience
50M+
Monthly Users Scaled To
50+
Conference Talks

About

I'm the CTO of Sofascore, a real-time sports platform used by more than 50 million people every month. I oversee the architecture, development, and scaling of our platforms and lead a team of talented engineers.

My passion for technology started with an early curiosity for programming languages, which led me to a formal background in computer science.

Since I joined in 2010 as the first engineer I have witnessed and contributed to the company's growth and success at every stage and seen it go from a handful of people to hundreds.

Today my job is mostly people, strategy and decisions. I lead the engineering organization, hire and grow engineering managers, and make the calls on architecture, infrastructure and which new technology we adopt or skip.

I still care deeply about the engineering. Distributed systems, caching, high availability and squeezing performance out of a small budget are the problems I enjoy immensely, and the ones I talk about at conferences. I'm equally interested in the business side: what a technical decision costs in operations, hiring and cognitive load, and what the company gets in return.

Expertise

Scalability Performance Speed Team Leadership Growth & Scaleup Technology Strategy Engineering Culture Distributed Systems System Architecture High Availability

Speaking

A regular speaker at international conferences and meetups, sharing insights on scaling infrastructure, distributed systems, and engineering leadership. Recent highlights include:

2026

Why Build in Europe, Not in Silicon Valley?

Game Changer Zagreb 5.0
2026

From Hype to Habit: How Engineering Managers Actually Use AI

Engineering Management Meetup
2026

Panel: How Croatian Business Giants Are Shifting Croatia Forward Through Technology

Shift
2026

C-Level Panel: Shift Think Tank

Shift
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