Hey, welcome 👋🏼
I'm Manuel (also known as manzan), a Software and Data Engineer specialized in Python development.
I'm currently on a sabbatical year, traveling and gathering new experiences - though that's a story for another blog post.
👨🏼💻 Previously, I worked at Millennium, developing a greenfield data and research platform within an energy trading team. I build back-end, front-end/dashboards, automated reports, ETL pipelines, web scrapers and CI/CD as well as scheduling/monitoring systems. Before, I was at Lyst, a fashion tech company, working as tech lead in technical SEO. We developed Python microservices, client libraries, data pipelines, webhook listeners, internal dashboards and moderation tools, as well as features for the global Lyst platform.
🎓 Education-wise, I completed my Master’s in Computer Science at 🇬🇧 Imperial College London. I also hold a Bachelor's in International Business from 🇳🇱 Maastricht University and 🇭🇰 The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Originally from near 🇩🇪 Cologne, I've also worked in Berlin and Munich.
Some personal stuff:
📻 Music is a big part of my life, you can tune in to my favourite tunes on manzan.live and SoundCloud.
⚽️ Football is another huge passion of mine, I play weekly and support Bayern Munich since I was little.
🌍 Finally, I'm also a passionate backpacker. Countries I’ve traveled through so far include:
❯ China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Philippines, Cuba, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Mexico, Belize, Colombia, Portugal, Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro, Albania, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Brazil
📨 Please feel free to reach out any time, or to download my CV.
~ manzan