Marco Kunz

Nationality: Swiss

YoB: 1984

Hands-on Engineering Manager with 10+ years of software development and delivery experience and 5+ years of experience leading and growing remote, cross-functional teams building and owning end-to-end complex, data-heavy, and computer-vision-powered software solutions. Looking for an opportunity to leverage my technical expertise, leadership skills, and passion for growing engineers and fostering highly productive teams.

Experience

2026
2021

Director Visual Intelligence @ Solera

Led a cross-functional, distributed, largely self-sufficient team of 10+ software engineers, data scientists, and ML engineers in the end-to-end development, launch, operation, and maintenance of a complex Computer Vision solution.
Owned vision, strategy, roadmap, and technical decisions while empowering engineers to take ownership of projects from problem definition through delivery.
Grew and mentored the team with a focus on personal and professional development, regular feedback, and improving the reliability and speed of the delivery platform.
Stayed hands-on, contributing code, being involved in code reviews, helping to investigate issues, improving developer tooling and CI/CD pipelines, hosting a Software Delivery Hour and ML Talk series.
Developed and maintained the team's internal testing and demo web app and other tooling.

2021
2019

Technical Product Manager @ Solera

Drove product strategy and delivery for a critical data platform, working cross-functionally with engineering and business teams. Contributed technically through code reviews, API design discussions, and prototyping.

2018
2016

Product Owner Data Pipeline @ Siroop

Led product strategy for a critical data platform and search experience, stabilizing the pipeline, eliminating tech debt, and implementing features that directly advanced the customer journey.

2014
2013

Fleet Manager EMEA (Streetview) @ Google

Rapidly assumed leadership of the Street View EMEA fleet and delivered a comprehensive fleet renewal program across the region while building strategic supplier partnerships.

2011
2006

Program Manager Hub Automation @ Swiss Post International

Led a program to enhance operational efficiency across Swiss Post's European logistics hubs through strategic automation initiatives.

Education

2018
2018

Full-Stack Web Engineering Course @ Codeworks

3 month immersive web engineering course to deepen web development skills and foundational knowledge. Focused on data structures, code patterns as well as modern front and back end frameworks/technologies such as React, Node.js, GraphQL, TypeScript.

2006
2003

B.Sc. in Business Engineering (Dipl.-Ing.) @ UAS Northwestern Switzerland

Specialization in Supply Chain Management. Key subjects included software engineering, product management, project management, production processes, operations, management, marketing and sales.

2003
1999

Computer Science Apprenticeship @ Swisscom

Combination of on and off-the-job vocational training focusing on systems engineering and administration, application development and electrical engineering. Including vocational baccalaureate for university admission.

Skills

Management & Leadership

Team Building, Mentoring & Coaching, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Hiring, Feedback & Performance

Software Engineering

Full-Stack Development (TypeScript, React, Node.js, Python), API Design, GraphQL, System Design

Software Delivery

Code Review Practices, CI/CD, DevOps, DORA Metrics

Product

Vision & Strategy, Roadmapping, Prioritization, Data-Driven Decision Making

Management & Leadership

Distributed Team Leadership, Change Management, Culture Building

Software Engineering

PostgreSQL, Database Design, Systems Thinking, Code Quality & Best Practices

Software Delivery

Deployment Strategies, Build & Test Automation, Monitoring & Observability

Data & ML

Model Evaluation, Computer Vision, Data Quality Management, Analytics & Reporting

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