🎯 Engineering Leader with 20+ years of experience building and scaling high-performing tech teams and platforms across Latam and the US.
I specialize in backend architecture, SRE, and distributed systems — with hands-on experience in Python, Ruby, PHP, and Java
🏗️ As Head of Engineering at Aper and former leader at Rappi and Merlin, I've driven large-scale platform development, process automation, and team mentoring at a global level.
🧑🏫 I'm also an open-source advocate and international speaker (Latinoware, FUDcon, Flock), and have mentored at Google Summer of Code.
Let's build resilient, scalable, and impactful technology — together.
Leading engineering efforts for a fintech marketplace serving banks across LATAM, I defined and implemented engineering processes and architectural standards, created and led the strategy for a unified service architecture, and scaled the development team while fostering a strong learning culture through clear objectives. I worked closely with Product to align development cycles with business goals, and I designed the architecture for advanced systems such as semantic search using embedding vectors and natural language classification, as well as the company's Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) system.
Led the strategic direction of the Restaurant Operations team, working cross-functionally with Product, Technology, and People, while contributing to the successful decommissioning of the monolith. I established effective team dynamics and created personalized career plans that fostered a culture of autonomy and psychological safety. Additionally, I collaborated closely with Product Managers to align expectations, define strategic roadmaps, and strike the right balance between business objectives and technical debt management.
Engineering Manager valued for driving quality and consistency throughout all phases of software development projects, partnering with developers, QA engineers, and product teams to deliver high-quality, scalable software. Additionally, created the entire connection layer between the company and blue-collar candidates, enabling efficient engagement and communication at scale.
Responsible for the engineering team at Bunny Inc. I was in charge of taking the technical and architectural decisions in our platform, the personal development, coaching, and the project management of the team.
As Head of Engineering, Eduardo blends deep technical expertise with proven team leadership, stakeholder management, developer mentoring, and a strategic vision for delivering high-quality products. His extensive experience in both technical and leadership roles enables him to effectively lead engineering teams, combining strong backend development, cloud infrastructure, Data Governance, Machine Learning, and Linux packaging skills with robust leadership, mentoring, and open source community-building abilities, especially across Latin America.
As a Fedora Ambassador, Eduardo represented the Fedora Project at events and within the open source community, helping to grow the contributor base and acting as a liaison between Fedora and other FLOSS projects. He organized and participated in outreach activities, onboarded new contributors, and promoted Fedora's principles and technologies. As a Packager, he contributed to the maintenance and distribution of software within the Fedora ecosystem, ensuring high-quality, up-to-date packages for users worldwide.
As a Google Summer of Code Mentor, Eduardo guided and supported new contributors through their open source journey, helping them integrate into the community, set project goals, and deliver impactful code. He provided technical guidance, regular feedback, and fostered a collaborative environment, ensuring contributors gained valuable experience in real-world software development and open source best practices.
The University of Carabobo is a leading public university in Venezuela, known for its academic excellence and vibrant campus life. Eduardo graduated with a degree in Computer Science Education, gaining a strong foundation in software engineering, algorithms, and educational technology. The university's rigorous curriculum and dynamic environment fostered his passion for technology and innovation.
I've had the pleasure of working closely with Edu in their role as Head of Engineering, and I can confidently say he brings a great combination of technical depth and strategic thinking, that consistently drives goals outcomes. He demonstrated a great ability to balance long-term architectural vision with the practical needs of day-to-day delivery. He makes big effort for identifying scalable solutions ensuring that engineering efforts align seamlessly with business goals.
His passion for open-source makes him a person looking for innovation and collaborative work every minute. Edu is a great human being and I recommend him for any Technology challenge.
Tuve la oportunidad de trabajar con Eduardo y destaco especialmente su solidez técnica, su capacidad de análisis y su enfoque orientado a la mejora continua. Siempre está buscando cómo optimizar procesos, proponer soluciones y aprender algo nuevo. Es una persona comprometida, con criterio y con un conocimiento profundo que eleva el nivel del equipo. Un profesional con el que da gusto trabajar.
Eduardo was my first leader when I joined Bunny Studio; we worked together for two years and became close friends. He was always a good listener and helped me succeed in my role as a frontend and mentor me to improve my skills. One of the things that I can say about him: he is an unbelievable hard worker, he is like an ant, he can lift the weight of two or three people.
Eduardo is a top level professional. I've known him for several years, have seen his professional evolution all this time and I have counted with him as a mentor for the last 5 years, he has definitely influenced my career with his wise advices. He has outstanding technical skills and he is an active open source promoter and contributor.
Eduardo worked with me as an engineering manager at Merlin, where he was in charge of one of the company's largest teams, being a manager whose main strength is bias for action. He is a person who gives context to his team of each task they perform, also promotes the independence of each team member, thus becoming a manager with the ability to create high performance teams. His technical level is very high, which allows him to provide adequate and valuable technical solutions for his long technical experience and additional, he can make continuous mentoring of each member of his team. I could recommend Eduardo as a manager in the ability to handle complex estimates and teams with different technical roles.
