Summary
Flávio De Freitas is a seasoned engineering leader and entrepreneur with two decades of hands-on experience building and scaling web and mobile platforms across Silicon Valley, Europe, and Brazil. Currently a Senior Engineering Manager in Berlin, he has driven measurable improvements in performance and delivery—cutting platform load time by 30% and reducing time-to-ship by 36% at Ada Health—while establishing company-wide engineering metrics and DevEx practices. As a former CTO and founder, he grew a community startup to 20,000 users and participated in 500 Startups’ accelerator, combining product instincts with deep technical craft. Trained in Computer Engineering at Poli-USP and with research in compact cryptography, he brings a rare blend of systems-level rigor and product-focused execution. Known for modernizing architectures, automating release processes, and mentoring teams, he excels at turning technical debt into durable platforms that delight users.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Engineering, Computer Engineering at Escola Politécnica da USP
English, Spanish, German, Romanian, Portuguese