Sebastian Pape
Chief Technology Officer at DePay
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Top SchoolSebastian Pape is a Chief Technology Officer and seasoned software architect with 11 years of experience building scalable web platforms and blockchain-powered payment systems from Zurich. He blends hands-on engineering and DevOps expertise with strategic leadership—having led product units generating 100M+ revenue and guided migrations to cloud CI/CD infrastructures while enforcing GDPR and security standards. Sebastian’s background in interaction design and military reserve officer training gives him a pragmatic, human-centered approach to team leadership, risk management, and operational discipline. At DePay he steers the technical vision for a pioneering smart-contract payments stack, liaising across product, partners, and compliance. Comfortable both defining architecture and shipping critical code, he thrives at the intersection of FinTech innovation and reliable production engineering. A lifelong learner, he continually updates his craft across blockchain, cloud, and full‑stack domains.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Computer Science, Web- and Media-informatics, Bachelor of Computer Science, Web- and Media-informatics at University of Applied Sciences and Arts DortmundReserve Officer (Lieutenant), Reserve Officer (Lieutenant) at Military Academy of the German Armed Forces | Führungsakademie der BundeswehrBachelor of Arts, Interaction Design, Bachelor of Arts, Interaction Design at ZHdK Zürcher Hochschule der Künste
English, French, German
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Github Skills (131)
jquery-plugin10
crypto-wallet10
testing10
http10
rest-services10
rails-gem10
ruby10
cryptocurrency10
http-client10
hypermedia10
smart-contracts10
vanilla-javascript10
hosting10
crypto10
wallet10
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
local-ch/lhs
Jul 2016 - Aug 2020
⚛️ REST services accelerator: Rails gem providing an easy, active-record-like interface for http (hypermedia) json services
Contributions:183 releases, 9 reviews, 191 commits in 4 years 1 month
activerecordhypermediarails-gemrestrest-services
DePayFi/web3-tokens
Jun 2021 - Sep 2023
🪙 JavaScript library providing basic functionalities to interact with web3 tokens.
Contributions:72 releases, 8 PRs, 96 pushes in 2 years 2 months
javascripttokenweb3blockchainscryptocurrencies
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