Summary
Desiree Santos is a seasoned Consulting and Software Development Lead with 13+ years delivering cloud-native modernization and high-impact engineering for global clients in retail, fitness and industrial sectors. She combines deep full-stack expertise (Java, JavaScript, React/Angular, microservices) and cloud infrastructure (AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform) with strategic architecture and product-aligned decision making to ensure resilient, scalable outcomes. At ThoughtWorks she has led distributed teams across Europe and the Americas, driven migrations to monorepos, event-driven platforms and robust CI/CD pipelines, and translated discoveries into measurable ROI and OKRs. She mentors engineers, fosters a culture of excellence through TDD/BDD and code practices, and brings an uncommon hands-on background in IoT and wearable prototyping that informs pragmatic solutions at the edge. Passionate about applying AI and automation, she focuses on reducing rework and turning technical initiatives into clear business value.
12 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
MBA High Complexity Project Management, MBA High Complexity Project Management at BBI - Business Behavior Institute of Chicago
Master Degree in Computer Science IoT FOG and EDGE computing Big Data Cloud Computing Distributed Systems., Master Degree in Computer Science IoT FOG and EDGE computing Big Data Cloud Computing Distributed Systems. at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Technology Degree Information Systems, Technology Degree Information Systems at Cefet/RJ - Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica Celso Suckow da Fonseca
English, Spanish, Portuguese