Daniel Silva
Engineering Manager at dotCMS
Mexico City, Spain
Summary
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Top SchoolDaniel Silva is an accomplished Engineering Manager with 14 years of experience leading cross-functional teams to build and modernize enterprise-grade Java platforms. Based in Mexico City and with deep roots at dotCMS, he progressed from Lead Java Developer to head Team Falcon, delivering major features like A/B testing, dotAI, and a modernized admin module while driving architectural improvements and code-quality initiatives. He combines hands-on backend contributions—particularly to dotCMS core and Elasticsearch integrations—with proven people leadership that consistently improves sprint velocity and delivery predictability. Known for creating strong alignment between engineering and product, he also brings domain experience in high-throughput financial and telecom systems, reflecting a pragmatic focus on scalability and observability.
14 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at Universidad Central de Venezuela
English, Spanish
Github Skills (12)
javas10
elasticsearch10
elasticsearchquery10
aws-elasticsearch10
java10
elasticsearch-api10
amazon-elasticsearch10
content-management-system9
cm9
cms9
rest-api9
testing7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
dotCMS/core
Mar 2012 - Jan 2023
Headless/Hybrid Content Management System for Enterprises
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:70 releases, 1530 reviews, 2913 commits in 10 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Daniel's contributions primarily revolve around fixing and implementing features within the dotCMS core system. These commits include restoring test flows, merging master branches, and addressing specific issues. The user's code changes modified files related to Elasticsearch, including the addition of settings and code to manage and reindex content, and the addition of a JSON field type.
cmsmanagement-systemdotcmsphpdxp
Yobyn/dotCMS
Apr 2013 - Aug 2014
Contributions:447 commits in 1 year 4 months
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