Fabian Halkivaha
Principal Software Engineer at Zalando
Berlin, Germany
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Top SchoolFabian Halkivaha is a Principal Software Engineer based in Berlin with 11 years at Zalando, where he progressed from internship to principal, shaping and leading the Business Process Monitoring Platform used for near real-time, critical decision making. He blends hands-on backend and data engineering expertise with people leadership, having run teams, influenced architecture, and coordinated strategic efforts for high-traffic events like Cyber Week. Known for turning operational requirements into reliable monitoring systems, he focuses on scalable data pipelines and timely observability for product owners. His career trajectory reflects deep institutional knowledge of large-scale e-commerce systems and a rare continuity of ownership across development, leadership, and platform strategy.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) Business Informatics, Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) Business Informatics at Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin
German, English, Swedish
Github Skills (200)
postgresql10
python10
authentication10
swagger10
flask-extensions10
elasticsearch10
rest-api10
microservices10
openapi10
flask10
data-exploration10
data-engineering10
data-analytics10
data-viz10
github-app10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
drummerwolli/zappr
Feb 2019 - Dec 2023
An agent that enforces guidelines for your GitHub repositories
Contributions:2 PRs, 26 pushes, 3 branches in 4 years 10 months
github-repositoriesrepositoriesagentsecurityguidelines
drummerwolli/superset
Jun 2023 - Apr 2026
Apache Superset is a Data Visualization and Data Exploration Platform
Contributions:2 PRs, 32 pushes, 6 branches in 2 years 10 months
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