Marc Gomez
Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Summary
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Top SchoolMarc Gomez is a Principal Software Engineer based in Zurich with nearly 20 years of experience building and transforming enterprise-grade systems across cloud, AI, and data ecosystems. He combines hands-on backend and DevOps expertise—evidenced by contributions to Eclipse EDC (improving transfer management, observability with OpenTelemetry, and CI coverage)—with a proven track record of leading and scaling engineering teams at Microsoft, Swisscom, OLMeRO and UBS. Marc excels at turning legacy monoliths into cloud-native architectures, driving turnaround projects, and embedding “AI-first” workflows that deliver measurable operational savings. Known for bridging technical depth and strategic leadership, he regularly acts as a sparring partner to executives and aligns engineering decisions with broader business goals. He also brings practical international delivery experience, having built near-shore teams and shipped cross-functional solutions for finance, automotive and industrial clients. Colleagues value his mix of technical rigor, people-focused culture building, and a knack for making complex systems observable and reliable.
12 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Technischen Universität DarmstadtUPC Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
English, German, Spanish, French
Github Skills (22)
system-testing10
java10
cicd10
javas10
verifiable-credentials10
opentelemetry10
unit-testing9
gradle9
junit9
gradlew9
okhttp9
docker8
rest-api8
code-coverage8
githubaction-workflow8
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
eclipse-dataspace-hub/MinimumViableDataspace
Apr 2022 - Sep 2022
Minimum Viable Dataspace, consisting of two participants and their resources
Role in this project:
Back-end & DevOps Engineer
Back-end & DevOps EngineerContributions:15 reviews, 24 commits, 11 PRs in 5 months
Contributions summary:Marc primarily focused on integrating the IdentityHub into the Minimum Viable Dataspace (MVD) project. Their contributions included initial integration, adding license headers, updating versions, and skipping signing procedures. They also added CI/CD and infrastructure components by updating the system tests and configuration files. The user was also responsible for upgrading the Registration Service, adding region-specific verifiable credentials (VCs) and setting up the necessary configurations.
edcguidancesteps
eclipse-edc/Connector
Dec 2021 - Aug 2022
EDC core services including data plane and control plane
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:68 reviews, 12 commits, 15 PRs in 8 months
Contributions summary:Marc primarily focused on enhancing the transfer process management within the EDC core services. This included consistent updates, improvements, and the implementation of unit tests to ensure reliability. Additionally, the user introduced code coverage reports using JaCoCo and Codecov and integrated distributed tracing with OpenTelemetry to improve observability. Further commits include custom spans for OpenTelemetry tracing to enhance the ability to monitor and debug data transfers.
dataplane
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