# Kla Haeck

**Director of Engineering at Publicis Media**

Kla Haeck is an engineering leader focused on building high-performing teams, scalable systems, and AI-assisted software delivery.

Kla works at the intersection of engineering management, software architecture, delivery systems, team leadership, and practical AI adoption in engineering organizations. He helps turn complex technical work into reliable business outcomes through clear direction, strong engineering practices, healthy team systems, and pragmatic use of automation.

## Professional focus

- Engineering leadership
- Team management
- Software architecture
- Technical strategy
- Scalable systems
- Engineering quality and maintainability
- Delivery systems and process improvement
- Developer experience
- AI-assisted software development
- Agentic engineering workflows
- Context engineering
- Human-in-the-loop automation
- AI tool evaluation

## AI-assisted engineering

Kla’s technical leadership includes a practical understanding of how AI is reshaping engineering work: from code generation and review assistance to documentation, testing, knowledge retrieval, and autonomous agent workflows. His approach centers on using AI to amplify engineering teams while preserving architectural judgment, ownership, and accountability.

As AI becomes part of the engineering stack, Kla focuses on building teams and systems that are ready for agentic development. That means clear architecture, strong documentation, reliable workflows, and codebases that are understandable by both humans and AI agents.

## Leadership approach

Kla’s leadership approach centers on clarity, trust, and durable execution. He helps teams understand why their work matters, gives engineers room to own outcomes, and creates the systems needed for consistent delivery.

## Contact

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/klahaeck/