Sasi Moorthy
Fifteen years, four countries, and a lot of very different worlds — here's the longer version.
I'm Sasi Moorthy, a software engineer based in Vienna, Austria. I've spent the last 15 years building mobile apps — starting with a music player I made for my college project because I couldn't afford a real iPhone, all the way to fitness features used by millions of people at adidas.
My career has taken me across four countries and through very different worlds: enterprise ERP modules for Microsoft Dynamics and Infor M3, a cricket scoring platform founded by Stephen Fleming and Brendon McCullum in New Zealand, consumer fitness apps at adidas Runtastic, and now developer tooling at Dynatrace — where I build the SDKs and crash reporters other engineers rely on.
Along the way I've built teams from scratch, architected platforms from zero, shipped to the App Store more times than I can count, and attended two WWDCs. I've also lived through company shutdowns, continent-spanning moves, and a global pandemic two weeks after relocating my family to a country where we didn't speak the language.
On the side, I'm building Spades Audio, a macOS audio app, with my long-time friend Karthik.
The Origin Story
How a college project on a simulator turned into a career — by way of the hardest year of it.
A music player, no phone required
In my final year at Tagore Engineering College, the iPhone was making waves and I wanted in. I built a music player for my project — storing tracks, playlists, playback — but I couldn't afford a real device, so the whole thing ran on the simulator.
It sounds trivial in 2026. In 2010 it wasn't. ARC had only just arrived, Core Data was brand new, and most people were still doing manual retain-release by hand. The project did well, and it planted the root of everything that followed.
Three jobs, and nearly out
After graduating I went through three companies in about a year — an ERP shop I left in a week, a startup that couldn't land projects, and a dev shop that moved me off iOS onto cross-platform tooling I couldn't connect with.
My confidence was gone. I started preparing for bank exams, ready to leave tech entirely. Then in May 2012, Karya Technologies offered me a junior iOS role at the last possible moment. That's where the real journey began.
The Austria Chapter
Moving a family across continents, a pandemic two weeks in, a shutdown, and a pivot to the other side of the tools.
Chennai to Linz, alone first
After four years at LeanSwift, my wife and I decided to see the world before our son got older and a move got harder. I interviewed widely — including the usual giants — and adidas Runtastic in Linz is what felt right.
I moved alone in September 2019, then brought my family over in February 2020, right after our son's third birthday. I wasn't changing cities; I was changing continents, to a country whose language I didn't speak.
Isolation, and going deep
We had about two good weeks before COVID shut everything down. No family nearby, no language, and a lot of uncertainty. We held on, kept our son safe, and got through it.
I poured myself into the work — learning how a large-scale app is really architected, taking on more ownership, and becoming a release manager.
Vienna, and a shutdown
In 2023 my wife restarted her career in Vienna, so we moved from Linz and switched our son's school. A few months later, adidas decided to close all its Austrian branches and laid everyone off.
I'd been through shutdowns before — CricHQ, Amos InfoTech — so I knew how to handle it. I stayed on the transition team through the end of 2024.
Landing at Dynatrace
The Austrian job market was rough in early 2025, but five years of contacts paid off, and I joined Dynatrace that June.
After 14 years building things people use, I now build the things engineers use — mobile SDKs, crash reporters, and the monitoring tools that keep other apps alive. It's a completely different world, and I'm learning every day.
Interests, values, and where this is all heading.
There’s a life outside the commits — travel across Europe, time with family in Vienna, and a few things I care a lot about. That part of the story is still being written here. Check back soon.
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