Portfolio / Studio · 2026Zürich, Switzerland

Software developer · Systems thinker · Founder

SamuelSpink.

I design and build software that makes complicated work feel simple, from aviation-data applications to public tools and high-end web products.

Portrait of Samuel Spink
ZRH / CH

Current

IMS Data Software Developer Intern · Lufthansa Systems FlightNav

Availability

Open from September 2026
01 / IntroductionEngineering × design × systems

Approach

Built for the moment after the demo.

I care about the part that survives first impressions: clean architecture, understandable interfaces, reliable data flows and details that still make sense six months later.

The result is software that looks considered because the system underneath it is considered.

Selected work

Products with a reason to exist.

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Engineering profile

Broad stack. Strong preference for structure.

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Product engineering

From problem framing to production code. I like taking ambiguous requirements and turning them into systems that remain understandable after the first release.

TypeScriptNext.jsAngularReactC#/.NET
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Data & integrations

APIs, application data, database-backed workflows and the unglamorous integration work that makes software useful inside real organisations.

SQLMongoDBRESTCI/CDKubernetes
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Interface systems

Structured UI, responsive behaviour, component systems and performance-minded front ends — with design decisions encoded instead of recreated screen by screen.

Design SystemsTailwindAccessibilityPerformance

Experience & credentials

Learning in environments where correctness matters.

Professional aviation software, production support, backend systems and a Swiss application-development qualification, not just portfolio exercises.

Full background

2025 — 2026

Lufthansa Systems FlightNav

IMS Data Software Developer · Internship

AMDB, Obstacle and NOTAM applications across desktop and web; CI/CD with TeamCity and Octopus Deploy; production support, automation and Scrum delivery.

2023 — 2025

OnPoint Technology

Software Developer · Remote / Part-time

Backend and full-stack work alongside school: MongoDB data models, customer dashboard performance and APIs between services.

2022 — 2026

EFZ Applikationsentwicklung + Berufsmaturität

Bildungszentrum Zürichsee · Kantonsschule Hottingen

Completed the Swiss software-development apprenticeship and vocational baccalaureate in Business Informatics.

5.3
EFZ final gradePractical work 5.5 · Informatics competencies 5.0
2026
ICT Berufsabschluss im RangAwarded by Zürcher Lehrbetriebsverband ICT
6+
Years programmingStarted programming at 13
Independent software studio · Zürich

Spink Systems

For businesses that need the software to be as considered as the brand.

Spink Systems is my client-facing studio for custom web applications, premium business websites, integrations and interface systems.

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Web applications

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Business websites

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Integrations & automation

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UI systems & performance

Enter Spink Systems

Open from September 2026

Role, product, difficult system, tell me what needs to work better.