Diego Galvão is a seasoned software engineering manager based in Rio de Janeiro with over 15 years in technology and more than a decade of technical leadership, currently leading high-performance teams at Afya. He combines hands-on full-stack experience (Node.js, React/React Native, Next.js, NestJS) with proven delivery and people management skills, having scaled and shaped engineering organizations at Calindra, Gupy, and Ame Digital. Diego excels at aligning engineering strategy with product goals, driving OKRs, improving processes through metrics, and mentoring tech leads and engineers through 1:1s and career development. He has led cross-functional squads for major Brazilian customers and orchestrated migrations to cloud-native stacks on AWS/GCP using Terraform, RabbitMQ, and observability tools. Unusually for a tech leader, he also trained in orchestral conducting, reflecting a leadership style that blends discipline, coordination, and a talent for developing synchronized teams.
9 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Pós-Graduação em Docência do Ensino Superior Tecnologia da Informação, Pós-Graduação em Docência do Ensino Superior Tecnologia da Informação at Universidade Candido Mendes
Bacharelado em Regência Orquestral, Bacharelado em Regência Orquestral at Conservatório Brasileiro de Música - Centro Universitário
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Diego Galvão - Software Enginnering Manager at Afya