Summary
Aidan Garza is an engineering manager with 11+ years of experience building and scaling high-performing software teams and platforms, from early-stage principal hire to directing engineering at growth-stage startups. He combines systems engineering training with hands-on full‑stack development and product intuition to prototype moonshots, architect reliable systems, and streamline operational delivery. Known for translating complexity into clear, actionable systems, he leads with empathy and structure to ensure teams know what to build, why, and when. Aidan has grown teams from single digits to 40+ engineers, led platform and security efforts for acquisition-stage products, and occasionally lectures on systems thinking at universities and industry forums. Based in Hattiesburg, MS, he balances entrepreneurial grit with a tinkerer’s curiosity and a personal motto that keeps creativity and joy central to his leadership.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
The University of Arizona
Italian, Spanish, German, Norwegian