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Global Head of Digital Engineering · Switzerland

I build engineering organisations and the systems behind ambitious digital products.

I lead a 26-person organisation across six countries while staying close to architecture, delivery and applied AI. I turn complex technology into accountable teams and measurable outcomes.

1Bpeak monthly requests
273deployments / week
6 minaverage deployment
$800kannual Opex saved

Leadership scope

Manager of managers.
Operator of systems.

I connect organisation design, platform architecture and delivery economics—then stay accountable when the system is under pressure.

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5direct managers

Leading through Backend, Frontend, DevOps, QA and Delivery management.

26people in the organisation

A distributed engineering organisation designed for clear ownership and dependable delivery.

6countries

Global collaboration across cultures, time zones and specialist partners.

End-to-endoperating scope

Roadmap, hiring, vendor and budget decisions, SRE, incidents, FinOps and architecture.

01 / Selected work

Systems that make
ambition operational.

Three views into the work: how software is delivered, how platforms scale, and how applied AI becomes a dependable product.

01

AI Delivery Operating System

From AI-assisted coding to governed, evidence-led software delivery.

Implementation · independent validation · deployment · QAOpen case study
02

Global Commerce Platform

A shared multibrand architecture built for global reach, reliability and continuous delivery.

40 transactional markets · up to 1B monthly requestsExplore the platform
03

Boutique AI Sales Assistant

An independent reference architecture for grounded product discovery and governed AI assistance.

Bedrock · Claude · LangGraph · FastAPI · RAGASExplore the approach

02 / Career

A decade building software, platforms and teams.

From hands-on product engineering to global digital leadership.

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  1. 2026—Now

    Global Head of Digital Engineering

    Global luxury brand

    Five direct managers and a 26-person organisation across six countries, with accountability for the technology roadmap, hiring, vendors, budgets, reliability and applied AI.

  2. 2024—2026

    Delivery Lead, Digital Platforms

    Global luxury brand

    Led zero-to-production platform delivery, SDLC and release governance for a shared multibrand commerce architecture.

  3. 2022—2024

    Technical Lead Engineer

    Beyond Pricing

    Led four engineers delivering event-driven integrations and production Go services.

  4. 2022—2024

    Cloud Platform Engineer & MongoDB PS Consultant

    Cogniflare

    Delivered enterprise architecture assessments, MongoDB professional services, training and cloud platform work.

  5. 2016—2021

    Engineering foundations

    Worldline · Techonrails · A3SEC · NAGRA · CEPSA

    Built the hands-on foundation across AWS migration, distributed systems, cybersecurity, product development and full-stack delivery.

03 / Practice

Leadership that stays close to the system.

I lead through clear operating models, technical depth and evidence—connecting people, architecture and outcomes.

01

Engineering leadership

Build and scale high-performing engineering teams with ownership, clarity and long-term impact.

02

AI & delivery

Turn emerging technology into working systems through disciplined delivery, experimentation and real-world use.

03

Platform architecture

Design and evolve resilient platforms that enable global commerce and accelerate what comes next.

04 / About

Technology is the medium. Better systems are the work.

I am an engineering leader and hands-on builder based in Switzerland. My work connects product ambition, platform architecture, delivery discipline and applied AI—so teams can move faster without losing control.

Current role
Global Head of Digital Engineering
Education
B.Sc. Software Engineering
Languages
Spanish · Native
English · C1
Location
Switzerland · Permit B

Editorial standard. This portfolio separates first-hand operating results, original frameworks and independent reference architectures. Every case labels its status and evidence basis.

Technical spectrum

Leadership

Engineering organisations · roadmaps · vendors · budgets · incident leadership

Applied AI

RAG · agents · Bedrock · LangChain · LangGraph · AI-DLC · evaluation · guardrails

Platforms

AWS · Kubernetes · Terraform · GitOps · Cloudflare · observability

Engineering

Python · Go · TypeScript · distributed systems · APIs · data

05 / Contact

Looking for an engineering leader who can still build?

Open to senior engineering and applied AI leadership conversations in Switzerland and internationally.

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