Summary
Martin Rifon is a Software Engineering Manager based in Berlin with over a decade of experience building and scaling web platforms, currently leading backend architecture, hiring, and operational excellence at Delivery Hero. He blends hands-on engineering in React, Ruby on Rails, Java/Kotlin and cloud-native tooling (AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes) with people management—running biweekly 1:1s, setting OKRs, and coaching agile practices. Martin co-leads a backend guild and organizes cross-functional task forces, driving incident and cost management to minimize KPI impact. His background includes building payment and recruiting systems and shipping PCI-compliant services, reflecting a strong grounding in secure, high-throughput systems. Notably, he maintains an on-call commitment himself, signaling a leader who stays close to production realities while fostering team growth.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Systems Engineering, Bachelor’s Degree, Systems Engineering at Universidad ORT Uruguay
Spanish, English, Portuguese