Engineering Manager

Location
Costa Rica
Rate, USD
$80 / hour
Work schedule
Full Time,
Language skills
English, Portuguese, Spanish
Available for Hire
Yes
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About me

I am an experienced Engineering Manager and Mobile Tech Lead with a strong background in mobile development, team leadership, and product management. Over the years, I have built and managed multidisciplinary teams, improving their performance significantly while leading projects that span technology, marketing, and content domains. My approach is data-driven, utilizing user behavior analytics and A/B testing to optimize retention, reduce churn, and increase conversions.

My technical expertise includes mobile platforms, particularly iOS and Android, with proficiency in Swift, Kotlin, Objective-C, and cross-platform frameworks like Flutter and React Native. I have successfully migrated legacy platforms to modern technologies and implemented gamification features to enhance user engagement. I am also experienced in building personalized feeds and improving app performance through memory optimization and crash reduction.

In addition to my engineering skills, I have held leadership roles such as CIO and Product Manager, where I orchestrated projects for various clients, implemented hiring processes, and established sales departments. I am comfortable handling financial analysis, tax reports, budgeting, contracts, and legal frameworks.

I am passionate about continuous learning and have earned certifications in Azure Fundamentals, AWS Cloud Practitioner, Databricks Lakehouse, and Google Adwords. My language skills include native Spanish, proficient English, and conversational Portuguese. Outside of work, I have interests in psychology, gastronomy, and travel.

I am motivated by challenges and enjoy working in dynamic environments where I can contribute to both technical excellence and business growth. I am eager to bring my skills and experience to new opportunities where I can lead teams and deliver impactful products.




Education

Jan 2007 - Feb 2012 Bachelor of Computing Engineering @ Technological Institute of Costa Rica (ITCR)

Relevant Coursework: Computer Graphics and Computational Molecular Biology Courses.

Ongoing/On Hold Bachelor of Psychology @ University of Costa Rica (UCR)

Experience

2022 - 2026 Engineering Manager @ Guideposts

Built the mobile and QA teams and implemented necessary processes, managing a team of 12 multidisciplinary resources including Design, QA, backend, frontend, and mobile resources, improving their performance by ~30%. Led projects involving tech, marketing, and content teams, improving retention by ~28%. Used a data-driven approach with user behavior analysis using Amplitude, Braze, Appsflyer and Segment, combined with Firebase A/B testing to reduce churn by 8% and increase conversions by more than 10%.

2020 - 2022 Principal Mobile Engineer @ Abide

Reduced memory consumption of the mobile platform by 90% and crash-rate by more than 10%. Migrated the mobile platforms to Swift and Kotlin. Built gamification features like streaks, badges, pairing with Rive and Figma for appealing UI. Built multiple personalized feeds with recommenders applying varied UI updating techniques for smooth scrolling and image loading. Rewrote core player using a progressive download cache to improve download capabilities and playback smoothness.

2016 - 2022 CIO/Product Manager @ Monkey Labs

Architected and orchestrated projects for ULatina, UAM, Durman, Garnier and more. Implemented a hiring process using LinkedIn Talent. Implemented a sales flow using Hubspot and started a sales department, led all sales pitch meetings and project kickoffs. Handled financial analysis, tax reports, budget planning, contracts and legal framework.

2014 - 2021 Mobile Tech Lead @ Schoolmint

Built the iOS platform and migrated it from Obj-C to Swift. Started POCs to migrate the platform to Flutter and React Native to measure pros/cons. Built automated tests using Appium, Calabash and native solutions. Worked with Social frameworks, CoreGraphics, CoreData, Realm, SQLite, dynamic forms. Volunteered ~8 months in .Net Core in extended schedule to provide stability to a new platform. Renewed and released 2 MACOS tools the company had deprecated due to compilation and deployment issues.

2012 - 2014 Mobile Tech Lead @ Growth Acceleration Partners

Worked with challenging deadlines for NatGeo, Fox, uShip, American Idol and other globally known clients.

2012 - 2014 Senior Mobile Developer @ Growth Acceleration Partners

Worked with challenging deadlines for NatGeo, Fox, uShip, American Idol and other globally known clients.

2012 - 2014 Junior Mobile Developer @ Avantica

Implemented multiple MapKit solutions including Mercator calculations not available natively at that time and built a custom annotations solution reused later in multiple projects. Created a golf simulator, helping a physics engineer tune formulas with gyroscope interactions. Created a navigation app to show speed cams in Costa Rica by consuming public government APIs, reached top 3 downloaded apps in the country and the news. Received several offers to buy the source code.


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