Mikel Zabalza Olaizola

Mikel Zabalza Olaizola is an experienced backend engineer currently at Back Market since June 2025, with a robust background in software development. Prior roles include senior software developer at Roger, where responsibilities involved feature development in collaboration with product managers and front-end developers, and squad tech lead at Jellysmack, overseeing a team in designing scalable APIs and architecting cloud-native solutions with AWS. Mikel also has extensive experience as a full-stack developer at PMP Conseil, contributing to API development, search engine projects, and real-time mapping interfaces. Early career experience includes process engineering roles at Lear Corporation and Grupo Antolin, as well as a master's thesis internship focused on real-time web scraping for wind energy pricing. Mikel holds degrees in digital technologies architecture and industrial engineering from 42 Paris and the University of Navarra, complemented by a study program at Technische Universität Wien.