Jan Petzold
Staff Solution Architect - Strategic Projects
Berlin, Germany
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Top SchoolJan Petzold is a Staff Solution Architect with 13 years of cross-domain experience building and steering complex software systems across media, automotive, and public sector projects. Based in Berlin, he has led distributed teams and shaped product- and company-level technical strategy, most recently driving strategic projects at ABOUT YOU after shaping the SSP-era architecture and identity/analytics integration at CARIAD. Known for an end-to-end mentality—from sensors and vehicle platforms to consumer-facing apps—he combines hands-on engineering with pragmatic delivery focus and performance optimization. He has a background in multimedia and broadcast systems, which informs his user-centered approach to system design and real-time media processing challenges. Colleagues rely on him as a bridge between business needs and engineering realities, delivering elegant, maintainable solutions under tight timelines.
13 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Universit exchange Multimedia video production development DVD authoring, Universit exchange Multimedia video production development DVD authoring at School of art and media Tampere (Finland)Dipl.Ing. Medientechnik, Dipl.Ing. Medientechnik at Hochschule Mittweida 
German, French, English, Romanian
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Github Skills (36)
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Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
janpetzold/prince2-foundation-summary
Aug 2014 - Aug 2015
Contributions:12 commits, 2 pushes in 11 months
janpetzold/software-architektur
Apr 2013 - Sep 2019
Contributions:15 commits, 11 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 5 months
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