Summary
Nino D'aversa is a seasoned engineering leader with 15 years of experience building and scaling web and platform teams across consumer and SaaS products. Currently a Senior Engineering Manager at Yelp, he previously led Billing & Payments and Web Engineering at 1Password and ran multiple engineering organizations at ecobee and Wattpad, often overseeing 30–45+ engineers. He combines a people-first, empathetic management style with pragmatic delivery—setting measurable org goals, hiring and retaining talent, and driving reliability and scalability in payments, subscriptions, and web platforms. Comfortable moving between hands-on technical leadership and strategic org design, he has repeatedly built self-serve platforms for marketing and product teams as well as robust entitlement and billing systems. Based in Old Toronto, he brings a designer’s sensibility to engineering and a personal emphasis on family life that informs his collaborative approach. Colleagues would describe him as a steady, values-driven leader who balances technical rigor with genuine care for team growth.
15 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Software Development (BSD) Computer Science, Bachelor of Software Development (BSD) Computer Science at Seneca Polytechnic
English