Daniel Santana

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Hi, I'm Daniel Santana, a high-performing, goal-driven, cloud-agnostic engineering leader based in Hamburg.

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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.

  • Joined April 2025

Languages

  • EnglishFluent
  • PortugueseFluent
  • Spanish; CastilianFluent
  • GermanBeginner

Industry experience

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

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Projects · 2

Sastrify is a SaaS app that analyses invoices and corporate subscriptions with AI, reducing subscription waste.

Sastrify
  • Cloud Developer
  • Full Stack Developer
  • Project Manager

MVP Builder using AI - similar to Lovable, but with a touch of human to avoid the ping pong generated by the AI mistakes.

Humaitrix AI
  • Back-End Developer
  • Cloud Developer
  • Front-End Developer
  • +1

Work experience· 8 roles

CTO · Humaitrix GmbHMar 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 9 mos

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 · Verso GmbHMar 2023 – Oct 2025 · 2 yrs 8 mos

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 · Sastrify GmbHJul 2022 – Oct 2025 · 3 yrs 4 mos

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 · Usercentrics GmbHFeb 2021 – Oct 2025 · 4 yrs 9 mos
Head of Front End · Techbiosis (Portugal)Feb 2018 – Oct 2025 · 7 yrs 9 mos
Head of Front End · Australia AirlinesDec 2017 – Oct 2025 · 7 yrs 11 mos
CTO / Co-founder · Inovarte IT Solutions (Brazil)Dec 2017 – Oct 2025 · 7 yrs 11 mos
Front End Lead · GOL AirlinesDec 2016 – Oct 2025 · 8 yrs 11 mos

Education

Data Analysis · IBTA - Instituto Brasileiro de Tecnologia Avançada2005 – 2006
System Analysis · Centro Universitário UNIBTA2005 – 2007

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