Dennis Zinzi is a Head of Platform with 11 years of experience building backend and serverless systems, currently leading platform strategy and delivery at Configur. He progressed internally from Senior Engineer to Lead and now Head, combining hands-on development with team leadership and platform-level decision making. Previously he owned the serverless backend and internal tooling at Play Sports Network, mentoring juniors and collaborating closely with product and DevOps to ship reliable services. A Newcastle University game-engineering graduate, he brings a strong systems mindset—having built a C++ game engine in university—to cloud-native architectures and performance-focused tooling. Based in the Greater Bristol Area, he’s consistently drawn to solving challenging problems and improving developer experience across the stack.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc) Computer Science (Game Engineering) with Industrial Placement, Bachelor of Science (BSc) Computer Science (Game Engineering) with Industrial Placement at Newcastle University
International Baccalaureate Mixed, International Baccalaureate Mixed at Marymount International School of Rome
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