Summary
Nelson Hernández is an experienced backend engineer and engineering leader based in Germany with 10 years of experience building and scaling enterprise systems. He has progressed from hands-on software architecture and development roles to CTO and lead engineering positions, most recently driving backend initiatives at MediaMarktSaturn after leading teams at Verivox. Nelson blends deep systems thinking from his early SOA and telecom projects with product-focused delivery across consultancies and startups, enabling pragmatic, maintainable solutions. His background in academic software engineering and long tenure in both Latin America and Europe give him a multicultural, cross-domain perspective that helps bridge technical and business priorities. Notably, he has repeatedly moved between consultancy and in-house leadership roles, demonstrating an ability to quickly assimilate domain knowledge and scale teams and systems.
10 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Systems Engineer, Software Engineering, Systems Engineer, Software Engineering at Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Software Engineer Specialist, Software Engineering, Software Engineer Specialist, Software Engineering at Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas
English, Spanish, German