Naoise Santos
Senior Engineering Manager at join.com
Sant Cugat del Vallès, Catalonia, Spain
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Top SchoolNaoise Santos is a senior engineering manager and seasoned software engineer with over two decades of experience in web and mobile technologies and 14 years in leadership roles across fast-growing startups and enterprise teams. Currently based in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain, he leads engineering at join.com while also teaching JavaScript at Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, blending hands-on delivery with academic mentorship. He has a track record of scaling front-end and mobile organizations (notably at Stuart and as Head of Front-end) and steering teams through post-reorg recovery, roadmap planning and stakeholder alignment. His background spans full-stack development, product-facing APIs and client apps, and he frequently mentors and teaches in intensive programs, reflecting a passion for developer growth. Beyond engineering, he has entrepreneurial experience founding a web product startup and formal study in Chinese language—an uncommon combination that speaks to his curiosity and cross-cultural outlook. Practical, people-focused and comfortable at the intersection of strategy, delivery and education, he thrives on turning complex product needs into sustainable engineering outcomes.
15 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor Multimedia, Bachelor Multimedia at Universitat Ramon LlullChinese Language and Literature, Chinese Language and Literature at Escola Oficial d'IdiomesGrant Entrepreneurship, Grant Entrepreneurship at Programa Projecta't - Departament de TreballUOC (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya)
Catalan, Spanish, French, English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (193)
bash10
linting10
javascript10
eslint10
macos10
naming-conventions10
jekyll10
jquery9
redux-observable9
facebook-sdk9
api-platform9
ruby9
redux-thunk9
file-upload9
bank9
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
elcookbook/xing-cooking-club-cookbook
May 2015 - Apr 2016
Contributions:2 releases, 27 commits, 20 pushes in 10 months
naoisegolden/dotfiles
Apr 2015 - Oct 2023
.files, including ~/.osx — sensible hacker defaults for OS X
Contributions:2 PRs, 26 pushes, 3 branches in 8 years 7 months
sensiblewindowsosxkarabinerlinux
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