Engineering Manager, CTO & Cloud Architect
Experienced software development engineer, technical leader, and team leader with over 20 years in software development and leadership roles. Certified Professional Cloud Architect with a strong track record in people management, technical direction, and solution architecture. Deep experience in designing and operating high-throughput systems for fintech, crypto, and enterprise domains. Currently focused on combining cloud, data, and AI to build intelligent, autonomous platforms.
Experience
Lead a cross-functional team developing a research web platform used for data analysis and decision support.
- Own delivery, roadmap planning, and execution to ensure predictable outcomes across product requirements.
- Manage the full engineering lifecycle: hiring, mentoring, defining engineering standards, and aligning technical strategy with business goals.
- Directly contribute to Python/FastAPI backend services, PostgreSQL optimization, Kubernetes-based deployments, and CI/CD pipelines.
Led technical and cross-functional efforts on Chameleon, Affirm's internal testing platform powering synthetic user experiences.
- Scaled Chameleon to power synthetic user experiences across more than half of Affirm's testing codebase.
- Co-led the European Team Leads Community, championing initiatives to dismantle organizational biases and elevate technical collaboration.
- Involved heavily in recruiting and mentoring strong ICs into visible product leaders.
Co-founded and lead all technology efforts for FinPredict, an AI-driven platform for quantitative analysis and high-frequency trading.
- Designed the overall platform architecture, automated data ingestion pipelines, and a low-latency execution engine.
- Drove cloud-native infrastructure, system observability, and investor-facing technical communication.
Acted as technical leader for key critical cloud initiatives (BDB, BCS, SW4) within CX Center of Excellence.
- Mentored and managed diverse teams from interns to senior engineers.
- Helped define and enforce organization-wide coding and delivering best practices as part of CX Dev Governance.
- Co-led site-wide Agile Transformation, driving migrations from waterfall to Agile/Scrum.
Developed internal tooling, pipeline architectures, and mentored local Python community.
Developed high-load mobile and website APIs, optimizing microservices for speed and scale.
Skills & Expertise
Leadership & Strategy
Architecture & Cloud
Software Engineering
Speaking Engagements & Publications
Zendesk Connect: AI in Action
Talk: "Freedom Through Foundations: Building Organizational Baselines That Help Teams Move Faster." Explored operational basics that enable safe experimentation with Agentic AI in engineering organizations.
EuroPython 2026
Talk: "Scaling Python Systems by Designing Team-Aware Architecture." Learn how Python system architecture shapes team scalability and reduces cross-service friction. This session introduces a framework for evaluating whether a design reduces or amplifies team cognitive load, examining how architectural decisions shape organizational complexity.
Get in Touch
I am always open to discussing new business opportunities, speaking engagements, advisory roles, or technological collaborations.