Summary
Diogo Pinto is a data leader with 12 years of experience building data science and engineering teams and products in fintech and blockchain, currently serving as VP Data at Uphold. He combines hands-on expertise in machine learning, distributed systems and security with a track record of productizing models for fraud detection, analytics, and self-service BI across fast-paced financial environments. At Uphold he has redesigned data infrastructure, scaled teams from individual contributors to 16+ data professionals, and shaped data-driven decision-making at the executive level. His background includes research on predicting drug side effects and practical fraud-fighting work at Feedzai, giving him both research rigor and production-oriented instincts. Outside work he pursues parkour and self-taught piano, reflecting a restless curiosity that fuels continuous learning across AI, functional programming and social-engineering aspects of security.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master's Degree Informatics and Computing Engineering, Master's Degree Informatics and Computing Engineering at Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto
Portuguese, English