Eric Funk
Head Of Software Engineering, Content Management Platform
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Top SchoolEric Funk is a seasoned software engineering leader based in Zurich with over two decades of experience building and operating large-scale platforms across media, healthcare, and e-commerce. As Head of Software Engineering for a Content Management Platform, he blends hands-on coding in Golang, Java and .NET with strategic cloud and infrastructure automation across AWS, GCP and Azure. He has a proven track record of migrating monoliths to resilient microservices, shaping search architectures, and delivering SaaS and streaming products at scale. Previously he led cross-border teams, ran managed services with 24/7 operations, and contributed directly to high-profile projects like a Swiss government digital signature validator and major healthcare platforms. A pragmatic coach and architect, he pairs product-focused decision making with deep operational experience in monitoring, service discovery and hyper-converged/cloud platforms. Outside work he’s an avid camper and hiker in Switzerland, bringing the same disciplined planning and curiosity to both engineering and travel.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Dipl Ing (FH) Media Engineering, Dipl Ing (FH) Media Engineering at Hochschule Mittweida 
English, German
Github Skills (76)
meter10
wifi10
tasmota9
sse9
tuya9
java9
esphome9
server-side8
elasticsearch8
home-assistant8
spring8
esp82668
chat-application8
mongodb8
search-engine8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
psytraxx/DynamicFlashAndroidApp
Jun 2015 - Nov 2024
This project is an Android application named "DynamicFlash" that serves as a photo gallery and project viewer.s:
Contributions:22 PRs, 95 pushes, 22 branches in 9 years 6 months
psytraxx/BabyFoxAndroidApp
Jan 2017 - Mar 2025
This Android app shows random baby fox pictures fetched from Bing
Contributions:8 PRs, 24 pushes, 10 branches in 8 years 3 months
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