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Gabriel N. Schenker

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Head of Platform Engineering, Vice President at iptiQ by Swiss Re
📍 Appenzell, Appenzell Inner-Rhoden, Switzerland

As the VP and Head of Platform Engineering & Security at iptiQ by Swiss Re, Gabriel N. Schenker leverages over 30 years of experience in software architecture and development. The ETH Zürich Ph. D. graduate focuses on building world-class self-service platforms, emphasizing lean development and an optimal developer experience. Colleagues describe him as influential, dedicated, and empathetic.

He strongly advocates for designing systems through events rather than assumptions, promoting techniques like Event Modeling, and fosters best practices such as clean code and clean architecture. He is constantly learning, having recently earned certifications in AI Agents and Dagster & dbt. When not working, he enjoys spending time with his family.

Gabriel is a prolific author of several popular technical books, including "The Ultimate Docker Container Book, " which is in its fourth edition, and has also created video courses on software development.

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Experience
9 Years
Current Role
Head of Platform Engineering, Vice President
Job Level
Senior
Location
Appenzell, Appenzell Inner-Rhoden, Switzerland
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Docker & Containers
He is the author of multiple successful books on Docker, including "The Ultimate Docker Container Book", and has deep expertise in migrating systems to container-based architectures.
Developer Experience
His current mission at iptiQ is to optimize the developer experience by making toolsets and pipelines as frictionless and pleasant as possible for engineering teams.
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Career

Work history

5-2023
Head of Platform Engineering, Vice President
iptiQ by Swiss Re
5-2021 - 5-2023
Lead Architect, Office of the CTO
iptiQ by Swiss Re
1-2020 - 5-2021
Lead Solutions Architect
Techgroup Schweiz AG - Maison du Software
10-2019 - 1-2020
Independent Consultant
Dr. Gabriel Schenker
3-2018 - 11-2019
Lead Curriculum Developer
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Education
1990 - 1993
Ph.D.
ETH Zürich
1984 - 1989
Master
ETH Zürich
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