Hi, I'm Daniel Santana, a high-performing, goal-driven, cloud-agnostic engineering leader based in Hamburg. I have extensive experience with AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure, and I excel in React, NodeJS, Python and TypeScript. I’ve led cross-functional teams to optimize costs, accelerate delivery, and scale systems while driving successful investments and high customer satisfaction. I enjoy building scalable MVPs, aligning engineering with business goals, and mentoring teams across geographies to deliver top-quality solutions. I’m open to opportunities in software development leadership, platform architecture, and product-focused roles.…

Daniel Santana

Hi, I'm Daniel Santana, a high-performing, goal-driven, cloud-agnostic engineering leader based in Hamburg. I have extensive experience with AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure, and I excel in React, NodeJS, Python and TypeScript. I’ve led cross-functional teams to optimize costs, accelerate delivery, and scale systems while driving successful investments and high customer satisfaction. I enjoy building scalable MVPs, aligning engineering with business goals, and mentoring teams across geographies to deliver top-quality solutions. I’m open to opportunities in software development leadership, platform architecture, and product-focused roles.…

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Hi, I’m Daniel Santana, a high-performing, goal-driven, cloud-agnostic engineering leader based in Hamburg. I have extensive experience with AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure, and I excel in React, NodeJS, Python and TypeScript. I’ve led cross-functional teams to optimize costs, accelerate delivery, and scale systems while driving successful investments and high customer satisfaction.

I enjoy building scalable MVPs, aligning engineering with business goals, and mentoring teams across geographies to deliver top-quality solutions. I’m open to opportunities in software development leadership, platform architecture, and product-focused roles.

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Skills

Experience Level

Google Cloud
Expert
JavaScript
Expert
Python
Expert
React JS
Expert
TypeScript
Expert
AWS
Expert
SQL
Expert
GraphQL
Expert
MongoDB
Expert
Docker
Expert
PostgreSQL
Expert
C#
Expert
React Native
Expert
Azure
Intermediate
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Language

English
Fluent
Portuguese
Fluent
Spanish; Castilian
Fluent
German
Beginner

Work Experience

CTO at Humaitrix GmbH
March 2, 2023 - Present
Platform for easily building MVPs. Designed the cloud-agnostic architecture to deploy the MVP in any cloud with high performance and scalability. Business: GTM, investment rounds, and customer procurement. Kept cloud costs below 2% of ARR. Team: 7 engineers. Tech: React, NodeJS, Fastify, Python, MongoDB, AWS, Google Cloud, DeepSpeech LLm.
Head of Engineering at Verso GmbH
March 1, 2023 - October 20, 2025
Team coaching: Agile, scalable solutions, complex APIs and microservices. Drove the adoption of new technologies and methodologies, improving system performance and efficiency. Integrated cross-functional teams, aligning engineering projects with overall business goals, increasing ROI by more than 20%. Team: 6 engineers. Tech: React, NextJS, NodeJS, MongoDB, PostgreSQL.
Head of Engineering at Sastrify GmbH
July 1, 2022 - October 20, 2025
Efficient budget management with team members outside Europe (India and Nigeria). Designed system architecture and defined technologies to be used. Mid-term strategy (OKRs and Roadmap) aligned with CTO and Head of Product. Team: 12 engineers, and Head of Product. Tech: React, NextJS, NodeJS, Python, PostgreSQL, AWS.
Head of Front End at Usercentrics GmbH
February 1, 2021 - October 20, 2025
Built a new development team of 10 engineers split into B2B & B2C. Trained the team on best coding practices for performance, security and quality. Implemented code standards and techniques to reduce deployment time. Migrated from Angular to React for better solutions and performance. Increased team motivation through 1-on-1 meetings, events and monthly tech challenges.
Head of Front End at Techbiosis (Portugal)
February 1, 2018 - October 20, 2025
Front-end leadership; coaching; pair programming, unit testing, feature development. Team: 8 engineers and 2 product owners. Tech: React/Redux, C#, AWS.
CTO / Co-founder at Inovarte IT Solutions (Brazil)
December 1, 2017 - October 20, 2025
Pioneering health care workflow app to manage the remedy from the warehouse to the patient's house, with doctor visits when necessary. Team: 8 engineers. Tech: C#, React/Redux, SQL. REST API, SAP integration.
Front End Lead at GOL Airlines
December 1, 2016 - October 20, 2025
Dev cost reduction with standardization of dev tools across the entire company. Built a building-block micro-service app framework. Team: 8 engineers. Tech: C#, LINQ, Angular 2+, Mocha, SASS, SQL.
Head of Front End at Australia Airlines
December 1, 2017 - October 20, 2025
Dev cost reduction with standardization of dev tools across the entire company; built architecture and defined technology stack; mid-term strategy aligned with CTO and Head of Product; team of 8 engineers.

Education

Data Analysis at IBTA - Instituto Brasileiro de Tecnologia Avançada
January 3, 2005 - December 20, 2006
System Analysis at Centro Universitário UNIBTA
January 1, 2005 - January 1, 2007

Qualifications

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Industry Experience

Computers & Electronics, Financial Services, Education, Media & Entertainment, Professional Services, Software & Internet, Other