Francisco Carmona is a seasoned engineering leader and entrepreneur with 13 years of experience building data platforms and scaling engineering organizations, currently Director of Engineering, Data Platform at zooplus in Madrid. He combines hands-on cloud and data engineering expertise—from founding and architecting CloudRoom’s MOOC platform to leading enterprise data lake and analytics initiatives—with strong people leadership and agile coaching across multi-site teams. Known for bringing startup agility into larger organizations, he has repeatedly served as CTO/Head of Engineering, driving migrations, automation, and CI/CD while mentoring teams and defining product strategy. His background spans cloud-native architectures, NoSQL and relational systems, and practical application of Lean/LeSS and Scrum at scale. An alumnus of multiple intensive engineering programs including Stanford and Télécom Paris, he uniquely blends academic rigor with real-world product and fundraising experience gained in Silicon Valley.
13 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Vienna University of Technology
Intensive course Computer Science, Intensive course Computer Science at Télécom Paris
Curso Intensivo Software Engineering Agile Methodologies Team Management, Curso Intensivo Software Engineering Agile Methodologies Team Management at Technical University of Munich
Master of Science (MSc) Computer Engineering Cloud Computing & Big Data, Master of Science (MSc) Computer Engineering Cloud Computing & Big Data at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Startup Engineering Computer Science Software Engineering, Startup Engineering Computer Science Software Engineering at Stanford University
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Francisco Carmona - Director Of Engineering, Data Platform