Summary
Marco Steiner is a seasoned software architect and founder with 20+ years of experience building mission-critical banking and financial systems, currently serving as Chief Software Architect at Digital Financial Planners in Zurich. He has led architecture organizations at Avaloq, driving open API strategies, high-throughput payment platforms, and cross-border core banking migrations while mentoring teams and aligning technical roadmaps with business goals. Marco blends deep domain expertise in payments, trading and wealth platforms with a practical focus on integration patterns (synchronous REST and asynchronous streaming) and scalable performance engineering. Recently he’s been applying machine intelligence to consumer-facing pension and financial planning products, emphasizing AI reliability and trustworthiness. Known for translating complex technical concepts into actionable strategy, he also has a track record of introducing modern, open architectures into traditional banking environments.
9 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate of Advanced Studies Computer Science (Major in Machine Intelligence), Certificate of Advanced Studies Computer Science (Major in Machine Intelligence) at ETH Zürich
German, English, French