Jannik Zinkl is a cloud architect and entrepreneur with 11 years of experience building scalable, headless web platforms and developer-friendly tooling from Nuremberg. As Co-Founder of TRWK he turns complex requirements into maintainable Next.js and headless architectures, and his Payload CMS + shadcn/ui starter (PayBlocks) reflects a focus on open-source-first, production-ready developer experiences. He has a strong background in automation, ELK-based observability and large-scale data pipelines from roles at Deutsche Telekom and Greple, and trains teams on Elasticsearch and the ELK stack through bustani consulting. Jannik also co-founded a sustainable consumer brand featured on German Shark Tank, showing an unusual mix of technical depth and commercial product-building. He regularly supports purpose-driven startups and delivers pragmatic, fast implementations that simplify developer workflows.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS International Information Systems, Master of Science - MS International Information Systems at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
Bachelor of Engineering Kommunikation- und Medieninformatik, Bachelor of Engineering Kommunikation- und Medieninformatik at University of Applied Sciences Leipzig
Master Computer-Softwaretechnik, Master Computer-Softwaretechnik at LUT University
Official strapi provider to use the Cloudflare R2 object storage
Contributions:1 release, 2 PRs, 15 pushes in 1 year 8 months
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