Principal engineer · Solution architect
Lukas Brand
I have been building software since 2008 and now run offbrand, a product studio in Vienna. The work I like most is on systems that have to be fast and cheap to maintain, where architecture, operations and the question of who keeps it running are all the same question. Storyblok Certified Partner and MVP.
What I am working on
As of October 2026.
- offbrand
- The studio, founded 2021. Client work and our own products side by side, from the first architectural decision through to running the result. Storyblok MVP and Certified Partner. What that means
- obolus
- A gross-to-net salary and tax platform for Austria, built and run by offbrand. A rules-based engine where every value cites the primary source it came from and is checked to the cent, and where rates and rules are kept current at least quarterly, so even the January change is a new version of the registry rather than a rebuild. Architecture through to operations, solo. How it is builtobolus.at
- In preparation
- A third product on the same platform, not announced yet. The proof that very different products run in production on the same foundation.
- Kor
- The multi-tenant Vue and Nuxt platform layer every product above is built on, and this page with them: white-labelling, three-layer theming, feature and application configuration, i18n, auth and the content layer in the core, shared pipelines and tag-based CI/CD. A new product starts production-ready rather than at zero.
How I got here
Close on two decades of building software, most of it in roles that owned the result rather than a slice of it: architecture and planning, delivery, then keeping the same system running afterwards.
- 2021 to today
- offbrand, Vienna. Founder and principal consultant. Client engagements: solution architecture and delivery for composable full-stack products and headless CMS systems.
- 2021 to today
- Industrial group, Vienna. Principal software engineer. Technical direction, frontend and backend architecture for an AI-assisted, 2D and 3D enterprise inspection suite, including migrating its legacy product onto the shared foundation the group’s other applications now sit on.
- 2018 to 2022
- Immospotter, Vienna. Co-founder. Architecture, application design and development across frontend, API and backend services of an Austrian property platform.
- 2016 to 2019
- Ebcont Communications, Vienna. Senior consultant and project lead. Lead developer on enterprise work, including the real-time interface for a European trading platform and a real-time sports betting platform.
- 2008 to 2017
- Earlier roles across mobility, media, food delivery and agency work, starting with the first paid work on software in 2008.
Storyblok MVP & Certified Partner
Storyblok awards MVP status; it cannot be bought or applied for. It is here because the judgement comes from outside the studio rather than from us.
Being a certified partner means I work with Storyblok often, not that it is the answer by default. The right content system follows from what the product has to do, and Kor keeps its content layer swappable so that choice stays open rather than being settled by habit.
How to reach me
- Location
- Vienna, Austria · remote across Europe
- Languages
- German (native), English (fluent), Turkish (basic)
- Engagements
- go through offbrand