Damien Palacio

Damien Palacio has a diverse work experience that spans various roles and industries. Damien began their career as a PhD and Teaching Assistant at the University of Pau, where they conducted research on Geographic Information Retrieval. Damien then transitioned to the University of Zurich as a Postdoctoral Researcher, where they focused on topics such as Geographic Information Retrieval, Social Media, and Image Retrieval. During their time at the university, they also took on tasks such as teaching Java to graduate students and leading IT units.

After their academic pursuits, Damien moved into the software engineering field, starting as a Senior Software Engineer at netMEDIA. Here, they worked on an e-recruiting system for IBM and was responsible for bug fixes, client needs, and communication with level 2 client support.

Damien then joined GetYourGuide, initially as a Backend Engineer in the Marketing Technologies department. Damien gradually took on more senior roles and was involved in projects such as migrating pipelines to Airflow, resolving scaling issues, and building and launching micro-services using Scala and Kubernetes. In their most recent role at GetYourGuide, they served as a Staff Software Engineer, specializing in Marketing Optimization and Visuals.

Overall, Damien Palacio has a strong background in software engineering, with expertise in marketing technologies and optimization.

Damien Palacio completed their education in computer sciences at the Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour. Damien first obtained a Licence degree in Computer Sciences from 2002 to 2005. Subsequently, they pursued further studies at the same university and earned a Master's degree in Computer Sciences from 2005 to 2007.