Summary
Mardu Swanepoel is a software engineer with 8 years of experience building data-centric, AI-driven systems and leading engineering teams across Europe. He has shipped production-grade solutions for clients like Apple Music and major automotive and airline companies, specialising in scalable ETL, Spark workflows, Kafka event streams, and NLP-powered risk detection across millions of information points daily. As an engineering lead he bridges product and engineering, owning architecture, CI/CD/Kubernetes GitOps migrations, and mentoring teams to deliver resilient SaaS and data platforms. His background in mechatronics and a master’s in electronic engineering gives him a systems-level view that surfaces practical design trade-offs between hardware, data, and software. Now based in Vienna and currently at Flinn.ai, he blends hands-on backend and data engineering with AI integration experience to turn complex data signals into actionable product features. An understated strength is his track record of migrating legacy orchestration and deployment systems to modern, maintainable platforms that improve compliance and operational efficiency.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
National Senior Certificate, National Senior Certificate at Die Hoërskool Menlopark
Master's of Engineering Electronic Engineering, Master's of Engineering Electronic Engineering at Stellenbosch University
Coursework in Business Administration & Entrepreneurship, Coursework in Business Administration & Entrepreneurship at ETH Zürich
English, Afrikaans, German