Markus Mirz
Principal Architect at PSI Software
Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Summary
👤
Senior🎓
Top SchoolMarkus Mirz is a Principal Architect based in Aachen with nine years of experience designing cloud-native, real-time systems that bridge research and industry. He has progressed from PhD-level research in power system simulation to technical product management and R&D leadership, now driving architecture and platform decisions at PSI Software with a focus on Kubernetes and Apache Kafka. His background includes leading the Linux Foundation Energy SOGNO project and building cloud-based grid operation services, which gives him uncommon domain expertise at the intersection of energy systems and distributed software. Markus combines hands-on implementation (C++, Python, Modelica) with product-minded orchestration of teams and public-funded projects, enabling pragmatic, future-ready solutions for complex operational challenges. Colleagues rely on him to translate rigorous academic methods into scalable production architectures that prioritize automation, observability and operational efficiency.
9 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Electrical Engineering, Electrical Engineering at KTH Royal Institute of TechnologyDr.-Ing. Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Dr.-Ing. Electrical and Electronics Engineering at RWTH Aachen University
English, German, Spanish
Github Skills (66)
structures10
cim10
python10
simulator10
semantic-web10
power-systems10
cpp10
modelica10
triplestore10
rdf-xml10
energy-system10
electrical-engineering10
rdf10
simulation10
modeling-tool10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
sogno-platform/pyvolt
Sep 2018 - Jun 2022
Contributions:1 review, 52 commits, 13 PRs in 3 years 9 months
pythonestimationstate-estimationpowerflowdagster
sogno-platform/state-estimation-api
Apr 2022 - Dec 2024
API to configure and launch new state-estimation jobs
Contributions:1 PR, 2 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years 8 months
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe’ve analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.