Summary
Swen Künzel is a Principal Engineer based in the Porto metro area with 8 years of experience building cloud-native infrastructure, platform engineering, DevOps and backend systems. He has progressed from software developer roles into leadership positions at FNZ, where he now shapes architecture and delivery of scalable cloud solutions. With a PhD in Physics and a background in research, he brings a quantitative, systems-minded approach to tackling complex operational and architectural challenges. Swen is known for strong cross-team communication and hands-on mentorship, pairing strategic design with day-to-day implementation. He stays actively current with industry trends and applies that continuous-learning mindset to drive practical automation and reliability improvements across teams.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Technischen Universität Darmstadt
UPC Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
PhD Physics, PhD Physics at Instituto Superior Técnico
German, English, Spanish, French, Portuguese