Danilo Esser
Software Development Manager at guard.me International Insurance
Berlin, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolDanilo Esser is a seasoned software development manager based in Old Toronto with over 20 years in technology and a decade in formal engineering leadership roles. He blends hands-on full-stack expertise—from PHP, Node and React to Kubernetes and AWS—with proven experience leading migrations, public APIs, and legacy modernization projects. At ACTO he advanced from developer to Engineering Manager, coaching teams, shaping agile practices, and aligning architecture with delivery cadence before moving to his current role at guard.me. He has a strong background in cloud-native microservices, CI/CD and testing automation, and a practical history of upgrading legacy systems into scalable platforms. Danilo pairs technical mentorship and performance management with a focus on psychological safety and cross-functional collaboration. His mix of enterprise and startup experience, plus formal training in network and mobile app development, gives him a rare ability to translate operational constraints into pragmatic engineering solutions.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
College Graduate Certificate, Mobile Application Design & Development, College Graduate Certificate, Mobile Application Design & Development at Lambton CollegeComputer Network Management, Computer Network, Technologist, Computer Network Management, Computer Network, Technologist at Universidade PaulistaInformation Technology Management, Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management, Postgraduate certificate, Information Technology Management, Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management, Postgraduate certificate at Universidade de Brasília
Portuguese, English, Spanish
Github Skills (33)
docker10
moodle10
php-fpm10
docker-compose10
php10
docker-container10
codeigniter10
php-container9
redis9
phalcon9
laradock9
laravel9
drupal9
wordpress9
mongodb9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
daniloesser/acto-card-game
Jul 2020 - Apr 2024
Contributions:2 pushes in 3 years 9 months
daniloesser/laravel-generator
Jun 2020 - Jun 2020
Laravel Generator from DB: Automatically generate files from an existing database schema.
Contributions:15 commits, 6 PRs, 20 pushes in 19 days
database-schemalaravel
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