Jonathan Araujo is a seasoned product and technology leader with 13+ years building cloud-native platforms, data infrastructures, and high-performing remote engineering teams across LATAM, Europe, and the US. As a hands-on CTO and engineering manager he has designed and operated large-scale AWS and Kubernetes architectures, led payments and direct-debit platforms processing millions of transactions per day, and launched end-to-end tech stacks for fintech startups. He combines deep DevOps, Big Data, and Python experience with product intuition—moving from infrastructure automation and ETL to mobile and backend code reviews. Jonathan has a track record of mentoring distributed teams, influencing executive strategy, and shipping resilient systems under tight regulatory and operational constraints. He studied software engineering in Spain, completed YC Summer 21, and often blends consultancy-style architecture work with day-to-day engineering. Colocated in Colombia, he brings a pragmatic builder’s mindset and proven ability to scale platforms and teams across timezones.
13 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
YC Summer 21, YC Summer 21 at Y Combinator
Ingeniería de Sistemas / Computer Science, Ingeniería de Sistemas / Computer Science at Universidad del Norte
European Master on Software Engineering Software Engineering, European Master on Software Engineering Software Engineering at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
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