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{\Large\bfseries Dennis Thiessen, M.Eng.}\par
Bern, Switzerland $\vert$
\href{mailto:dennis@thiessen.io}{dennis@thiessen.io} $\vert$ +41 795 955 585 $\vert$
\href{https://linkedin.com/in/dennis-thiessen}{LinkedIn}

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Google Hiring Team\\
Google\\
Z\"urich, Switzerland

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27 July 2026

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\textbf{Application for Software Engineer III, Business Home}

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Dear Google Hiring Team,

I am applying for the Software Engineer III role because it combines hands-on software engineering with the data-intensive product work I have built my career around. Business Home's goal of aggregating performance data and turning it into useful recommendations for merchants connects directly with the problems I enjoy: building reliable systems that make complex operational data usable.

At Swisscom, I own business-critical Fulfillment ETL components as Component Owner, covering production operation, data quality, governance, incident resolution and on-call obligations. I migrated the Fulfillment and Product Analysis domains' pipelines onto Swisscom's AWS platform, build governed data products and metadata within its shared Data Mesh, and partner with internal B2B product owners to translate questions into data products and analyses. This work keeps me close to production code as well as the reliability and usability of the resulting systems.

My current title is Staff Data, Analytics \& AI Engineer, but I remain a hands-on individual contributor. The work I value most is writing and operating software, partnering with product owners, and being accountable for systems in production. I am therefore applying deliberately: the role's product-development and data-pipeline scope matters more to me than matching titles across organizations.

I would welcome the opportunity to discuss how this experience could support the Business Home team.

Kind regards,

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Dennis Thiessen

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