Cloud & platform engineering

Sandro
Paetzold

Principal Engineer shaping cloud platforms, engineering standards and developer enablement at enterprise scale.

Based inNottingham, UK
Experience10+ years
FocusCloud-native systems
AvailabilityOpen to conversation
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01 / Profile

Building clarity and momentum in complex engineering organisations.

Principal Engineer and Technical Lead with 10+ years of experience building scalable cloud-native platforms, enterprise automation systems, and large-scale Angular applications.

My work spans architecture governance, developer tooling, CI/CD, observability, and Azure-based distributed systems. I lead platform strategy and engineering standards that help teams deliver safely, independently, and at scale.

6,000Developers enabled
40+Teams supported
3Global regions

02 / Career

Experience with enterprise reach.

A career centred on turning ambitious automation and cloud programmes into durable, self-service platforms.

TJX Europe, UK

Apr 2024 - Jun 2026

Principal Engineer / Intelligent Automation CoE

Leading strategic engineering initiatives across cloud platform modernisation, internal developer enablement, and scalable governance practices.

  • Defined cloud transition strategy for Blue Prism infrastructure across NA, EU, and AU.
  • Led architecture governance for resilience, scalability, and maintainability.
  • Directed an internal DevOps platform for automated governance and deployment orchestration.
  • Established standards for scalable self-service delivery capabilities.
  • Mentored teams across architecture, engineering practices, and platform delivery.
  • Standardised CI/CD, deployment governance, and support models.

TJX Europe, UK

May 2021 - Mar 2024

Senior Staff Engineer / Intelligent Automation CoE

Led enterprise-wide enablement and governance, defining the federated delivery model and platform standards for large-scale adoption of Microsoft Power Platform technologies.

  • Established a federated delivery model across enterprise and federated teams.
  • Led self-service enablement for Power Automate, Power Apps, and Copilot Studio.
  • Introduced governance, security, and onboarding standards for scalable adoption.
  • Enabled approximately 6,000 developers across 40+ teams in six months.
  • Influenced engineering practices across Europe and North America.

TJX Europe, UK

Jun 2019 - Apr 2021

Senior Developer / Intelligent Automation

Provided technical leadership across finance and Intelligent Automation initiatives, contributing to architecture design, governance practices, and the foundations of federated delivery.

  • Led solution design, security review, and deployment for enterprise workflows.
  • Delivered initiatives contributing to approximately £1m annual savings and avoidance.
  • Pioneered Blue Prism Decipher for intelligent document processing and invoice automation.
  • Established onboarding and lightweight governance for business-led delivery teams.
Earlier experience
  • Lead Developer, TJX Europe (2018-2019). Led delivery of finance-focused Intelligent Automation solutions and supported platform governance for enterprise Blue Prism adoption.
  • Lead Developer, Avanade, UK (2017-2018). Developed Intelligent Automation solutions integrating Azure, Microsoft Bot Framework, LUIS, and Blue Prism to automate enterprise support workflows.

03 / Capability

The systems behind the systems.

Technical depth paired with a focus on the operating models, practices, and tools that make engineering teams effective.

Languages & frameworks

C# / .NET
ASP.NET Core
Angular / TypeScript
Python · Bash

Cloud & platform

Azure · Azure Functions
Microservices
Distributed systems
Cloud architecture · Bicep

Engineering enablement

Azure DevOps · GitHub
CI/CD · DevSecOps
Observability
Internal developer platforms

04 / Selected initiatives

Impact that travels beyond a single team.

01

Cosmetic Product Notification Portal

Led architecture and delivery of an enterprise compliance platform, including cloud-native microservices and EU validation workflows.

Compliance increased by ~700%
02

IA DevOps

Led strategy and delivery of an internal DevOps platform with automated reviews, deployments, and dependency analysis.

Time-to-market reduced by 55%
03

Blue Prism Cloud Migration

Led cloud migration strategy and architecture for roughly 300 workloads across North America, Europe, and Australia.

Improved resilience and scalability

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