Ismael De Esteban Fernández is a tech lead and engineering manager with 12 years of experience building scalable backend systems and leading cross-functional teams across startups and large companies. He has held senior roles from CTO at Fever and Woonivers to Staff Engineer at Qualcomm, consistently focusing on architecture, reliability, and cost-effective technical decisions. Comfortable with Python, Django, cloud infrastructure and data teams, he emphasizes avoiding hype-driven choices and steering teams toward pragmatic, high-leverage solutions. Based in Madrid, he pairs hands-on platform experience with people leadership, having coordinated teams of 16+ engineers across mobile, backend and data disciplines. A pragmatic systems thinker, he’s known for turning architectural trade-offs into clear, business-aligned roadmaps.
12 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor in Computer Science Informatik, Bachelor in Computer Science Informatik at Johannes Kepler Universität Linz
Master of Education - MEd Computer and Information Sciences General, Master of Education - MEd Computer and Information Sciences General at Universidad Isabel I
Master's degree Computer Engineering, Master's degree Computer Engineering at Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
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