Summary
Daniel Francisco is an engineering manager and full-stack generalist with 9 years of experience leading teams across product and outsourcing contexts from Lisbon. He has advanced from hands-on developer to tech lead, principal engineer and head of engineering, repeatedly building projects from the ground up and owning architectural decisions that align product and engineering. Comfortable across multiple tech stacks, he prioritizes pragmatic solutions, removing duplication and unnecessary tooling while keeping teams accountable for trade-offs. Daniel combines technical leadership with product engagement, bridging strategy and delivery to streamline processes and reduce technical debt. A trained music technologist who still plays as a hobby, he brings a creative, systems-oriented perspective to engineering problems. He’s known for thriving in roles that require breadth over specialization and for turning ambiguous problems into practical, team-aligned outcomes.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Music Technology, 15/20, Bachelor’s Degree, Music Technology, 15/20 at Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa - IPL
Coding Bootcamp, Java & JavaScript, Coding Bootcamp, Java & JavaScript at <Academia de Código_>
Portuguese, English