Hugo Santos
Senior Software Engineering Manager at auxmoney
Berlin, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolHugo Santos is a senior software engineering manager based in Berlin with 12 years of experience leading cross-functional teams and scaling engineering organizations across fintech, foodtech, and logistics. He blends hands-on technical roots with product and program leadership, having founded IoT and geospatial startups and later driven engineering and technical programs at companies like Delivery Hero, iFood, and auxmoney. His background as a forest engineer turned geospatial/data engineer gives him a distinctive edge in applying sensor-driven, real-world data to software solutions—evident from his work building a city-scale low-cost rainfall IoT network. Hugo also brings academic experience as a visiting professor and curriculum creator, translating complex topics like IoT, edge computing and analytics into practical learning. Comfortable at the intersection of strategy and execution, he holds an MBA and a certificate in Disruptive Strategy from Harvard Business School Online, pairing business acumen with technical depth. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic systems thinker who finds the hardest problems in processes and fixes them by reshaping how teams work, not just what they code.
12 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science Computing Technology, Bachelor of Science Computing Technology at Universidade Anhembi MorumbiFriends of Tomorrow Futurism, Friends of Tomorrow Futurism at Perestroika/AerolitoOther; Certificate in Disruptive Strategy, Other; Certificate in Disruptive Strategy at Harvard Business School OnlineMBA Strategic and Financial Executive Business Management, MBA Strategic and Financial Executive Business Management at FGV - Fundação Getulio VargasEnglish, English at Langports English Language CollegeTechnician Technology, Technician Technology at Colégio Júlio Verne
English, Spanish, Portuguese
Github Skills (31)
qgis10
spatial10
tms9
wps9
ogc9
geotools9
openstreetmap9
wcs9
data-management9
gdal9
gis9
wms9
system-information9
shapefile9
gml9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
CMRioMaior/fgc_riomaior
Feb 2018 - Apr 2022
Contributions:34 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 3 months
OSGEO-PT/site
Aug 2014 - Dec 2021
Contributions:296 commits, 8 PRs, 240 pushes in 7 years 4 months
osgeo
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