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Franco Zanek

@francozanek

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Senior .NET engineer building scalable microservices and distributed systems in Azure environments.

Spain

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking to keep leading microservices and event-driven backend systems—using .NET and Azure—to improve scalability, reliability, and performance, while partnering with product teams to deliver high-quality, high-scale distributed platforms.

I’m a Senior .NET Engineer with 9+ years of experience building and evolving high-scale distributed systems in cloud environments. I specialize in microservices architecture, event-driven systems, and high-volume data processing, with a strong focus on scalability, reliability, and performance.

At BASF, I’m currently leading microservices architecture evolution using .NET 8 and Azure—driving a monolith-to-microservices migration that improved system stability by ~70%. I’ve also delivered major outcomes across prior roles, including improving system performance by up to 90% and raising automated test coverage to 85–90%, while partnering with product and business stakeholders to turn requirements into scalable solutions.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Senior .NET Engineer

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BASF

Oct 2023 - Present (2 years 6 months)

Led migration from monolith to microservices using .NET 8 and Azure, improving system stability by ~70%. Designed event-driven service boundaries, raised automated test coverage from 50% to 85%, and supported ~300GB/month of spectrometer data processing across regions.

.NET 8+Azure Microservices Event Driven Architecture Distributed Systems Automated Testing REST APIs CI CD Kubernetes SQL Server

Software Developer Specialist

Intrum

May 2023 - Oct 2023 (5 months)

Developed distributed backend services using C#, .NET, SQL Server, and Elasticsearch to improve reliability and stability. Troubleshot critical multi-system issues and collaborated on scalable architecture solutions in an agile delivery environment.

C .NET SQL Server Elasticsearch Distributed Systems SOLID Clean Code Debugging REST APIs Agile Delivery

Microservices .NET Engineer

ChannelAdvisor

Jan 2021 - May 2023 (2 years 4 months)

Re-architected legacy components into a microservices-based platform for global e-commerce catalog management. Improved performance by 85–90% through refactoring and query optimization, raised automated test coverage to ~90%, and built services supporting large-scale product and transactional datasets across multiple regions.

.NET Microservices Performance Tuning Query Optimization Automated Testing CI CD SQL Server Fault Tolerance REST APIs

Consulting .NET Engineer

Hexacta

Aug 2016 - Dec 2020 (4 years 4 months)

Delivered consulting for enterprise clients, including consolidating digital and paper-based document management into a unified platform. Led data migration (achieving ~90% success), and built cloud-native web solutions using React with Azure Functions while mentoring junior engineers and interns.