Summary
Igors Gulbinskis is an engineering manager based in Berlin with 13 years of experience building high-availability backend systems across finance, telecom and e-commerce. He has progressed from hands-on Java engineering and systems integration at Ericsson and Exigen to senior and leadership roles at Zalando, where he now leads engineering delivery and teams. Comfortable across the stack, he pairs deep backend expertise with practical front-end and integration experience, enabling robust end-to-end solutions. His academic background includes a Master’s in Software Engineering and a business-oriented CORe credential from Harvard Business School Online, reflecting a blend of technical rigor and product-minded leadership. Colleagues describe him as T-shaped: technically fluent in Java ecosystems while skilled at coaching teams and translating complex domain requirements into production-ready systems.
13 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Riga State Gymnasium No. 1
Other; CORe Credential of Readiness, Other; CORe Credential of Readiness at Harvard Business School Online
Master's Exchange Programme Software Engineering, Master's Exchange Programme Software Engineering at Blekinge Institute of Technology, School of Computing
Master's Degree Software Enginering, Master's Degree Software Enginering at University of Latvia, Faculty of Informatics