Team
The people behind Mercantus
From the first conversation to the handover you work with the engineers themselves. Two founders, one platform and the software that runs on it, thought through by the same team.
Co-founder & Platform Engineer
Jon Defilla
B.Sc. ZHAW in Computer Science · M.Sc. Computer Science, Georgia Tech (in progress)
Jon built the standard CI/CD pipeline in Swiss banking and, before that, infrastructure and cloud platforms at Swisscom. He owns the platform side: infrastructure, Kubernetes, pipelines and security.
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Co-founder & Full Stack Engineer
Armando Shala
B.Sc. ZHAW in Computer Science, 2024
Armando owns the application side: the internal tools, integrations and services that have to keep running while the platform underneath them changes. Full stack, from data model to user interface.
What we work with every day
- Proxmox
- ZFS
- OpenStack
- Kubernetes
- OpenShift
- GitLab CI
- Vault
- WireGuard
- Traefik
- Prometheus
- Grafana
- Terraform
Our story
How Mercantus got here
What began as side projects during our studies is now a team working to the Swiss banking standard.
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Two founders, one team
Armando Shala joins as co-founder and takes over software and web. Mercantus focuses on platform engineering and DevSecOps for regulated companies.
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Georgia Tech
Jon starts the M.Sc. in Computer Science at Georgia Tech, alongside client projects.
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Two ZHAW degrees
Jon and Armando graduate from ZHAW in Computer Science. Armando specialises in full stack development.
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The standard pipeline in Swiss banking
Jon designs and delivers the standard CI/CD pipeline in Swiss banking: built-in scanning, signed images, evidence for the auditor.
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Cloud platforms at Swisscom
Infrastructure and cloud platforms at Switzerland's largest telecommunications provider.
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Mercantus SA is founded in Montreux
The company is registered in the canton of Vaud. First projects: infrastructure and automation for Swiss SMEs.
Contact
Free initial consultation
Slow pipelines, a cluster nobody wants to touch, or an audit on the horizon? One call, and we both know whether it fits.
Book a free consultationReal availability, straight into your calendar.
No sales pitch. An honest conversation about whether it fits.
- [email protected]
We reply within 24 business hours.
- Address
- Mercantus SAAvenue de Collonge 5CH-1820 Territet