Sebastian Waschnick is a Staff Engineer based in Berlin with 11 years of experience building and modernizing complex digital products across fintech, media, and enterprise domains. He combines hands-on architecture and engineering leadership—driving cloud migrations, platform builds, and developer enablement—with a strong lean/product mindset cultivated in roles from CTO-level innovation hubs to principal consultancy. Notable outcomes include scaling a QR-code product from single-digit to multi-million revenue through modern tooling and processes, and leading fintech platform launches that reimagined mortgage and real-estate financing. He also produces The Innovation Engineer Podcast, reflecting a passion for engineering culture, learning, and communication, and routinely runs workshops to upskill teams. Known for pragmatic modernization—introducing CI/CD, Terraform, containerization and testing practices—he pairs systems thinking with people-first organizational development.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering (M.Eng.) Elektrotechnik, Master of Engineering (M.Eng.) Elektrotechnik at Hochschule Anhalt
Contributions:12 PRs, 165 pushes, 5 branches in 6 months
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Sebastian Waschnick - Staff Engineer at TheInnovationEngineer Podcast