Manuel Walser

Software Architect | Data Engineer | AI Enthusiast

Risch, Zug, Switzerland

About

My passion is to develop amazing software that transforms data into valuable insight. I have ten years of professional experience in challenging IT projects as a software developer and architect. I love working in agile, cross-functional teams that are keen to deliver outstanding business value. Are you looking for a smart team player to complement your team of data scientist, data engineers, and developers? Then, we should get in touch with each other. Last year I took the challenge to build up my own data-driven IT startup in the e-commerce sector. Half of the time I invested as a remote worker in defining the application architecture, employing and coaching remote developers, and deploying a running product advisor in the cloud. The rest of the time I spent with traveling and exploring new cultures. I am always keen to learn about cutting-edge technologies and new methodologies and to validate their usefulness in my projects. Previously I worked nearly a decade for one of the leading Swiss IT service company. I enabled many clients in the finance, energy and manufacturing sector to become more innovative and achieve their business goals with better IT services. As a software engineer at Zühlke I extended the existing programming skills from my computational dissertation to the challenges of big and complex IT projects. I developed a very pragmatic, result-oriented attitude and I strive to deliver quality software that is easy to understand and maintain. Specialties: Java/C#, Software Architecture, Agile Methods, DevOps (Docker, Cloud) Interests: Big Data Technology, Data Science, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Scala/Python

Experience

  • Data Engineer at QuantCo
    Feb 2019 - Present · 7 yrs 6 mos

  • Co-Founder & CTO at hilfio
    Oct 2017 - Jan 2019 · 1 yr 4 mos

    • Development and operation of a scalable online product advisor platform in the cloud • Design and implementation of a state-of-the-art full stack application architecture • Employment and supervision of remote coders • Collaboration in business development and sales activities • Technologies: C#, Asp.Net Core, HTML5, Vue.js, Azure, Docker, Akeneo, Elasticsearch

  • Zühlke Group (9 yrs)
    • Lead Software Architect
      Jul 2013 - Jun 2017 · 4 yrs

      • Software architect with focus on service integration and transactional enterprise applications • Consulting and implementation of Continuous Integration workflows and Docker • Speaker and contributor of the Data Analytics Group • Technologies: Java EE, Java FX, JBoss, Tomcat, Docker, REST, Gradle, R, Scala, Apache Spark • Industries: Finance (SIX, Dreifus, SNB)

    • Senior Software Engineer
      Jul 2011 - Jun 2013 · 2 yrs

      • Software Developer for Java enterprise and Eclipse RCP applications • Consultant for migration of legacy applications to new technologies • Speaker and contributor of the Client Technology Group • Technologies: Java EE, Eclipse RCP, Fortran, RFID, Maven • Industries: Energy (Alstom), Transportation (Siemens, RhB), Finance (SNB)

    • Software Engineer
      Jul 2008 - Jun 2011 · 3 yrs