Summary
Diego Lugo is a people-centric senior engineering leader with 11 years of experience building and scaling payments, billing, and customer-facing systems, currently serving as Senior Director of Engineering at Eaze. He combines hands-on backend expertise in payment processing with front-end UI/UX, internal tooling, monitoring, and testing strategies to deliver reliable, measurable outcomes. Known for using quantitative metrics to drive sustainable team performance, he balances high standards with practical planning, hiring, and professional development. His career path—from teaching and education-focused roles to engineering and leadership—gives him a rare blend of coaching mindset and technical depth. Based in San Diego, he excels at turning complex monetization challenges into auditable, production-ready systems while fostering durable team growth.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Cognitive Science, Bachelor's degree Cognitive Science at University of California, Berkeley
Spanish, English