Pablo Santos
Head Of Engineering at Handoff
São Paulo, Brazil
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Top SchoolPablo Santos is a seasoned engineering leader with 20+ years of experience building and scaling product, data, AI/ML, QA and infrastructure teams across LATAM, EMEA and the US. Currently Head of Engineering at Handoff (YC W20), he led the global org through a 2.7× ARR growth by raising product quality, delivery velocity and embedding AI into development and decision-making. His background blends hands-on systems and architecture work—from migrating monoliths to microservices on AWS to launching high-throughput platforms—with strong people and org design skills that turn small teams into durable, revenue-driven engines. He has founded and exited a security marketplace (BugHunt), run training businesses, and grown Brazil ops from the ground up, showing both entrepreneurial grit and operational rigor. Known for metrics-driven management and community building, Pablo mentors engineers and organizes local study groups to raise the bar for engineering practice. Based in São Paulo, he combines pragmatic AI adoption with a track record of shipping scalable, mission-critical systems.
13 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Postgraduate Certificate in Software Engineering Engenharia de Software, Postgraduate Certificate in Software Engineering Engenharia de Software at UFSCar - AlumniBachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) Computer Engineering at Centro Universitário FacensExponential Business Administration Administration Business and Marketing, Exponential Business Administration Administration Business and Marketing at Nova School of Business and Economics
Portuguese, English, Spanish
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Github Skills (29)
nextjs9
nodejs9
realms9
letter8
javascript8
mongoose8
expressjs7
purescript7
api7
rest-api6
mongodb6
bag6
restful6
internet6
jquery6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
snug-lab/snug-lab.github.io
Oct 2016 - Nov 2016
Contributions:20 commits, 17 pushes, 2 branches in 1 month
rectius/express-rest-api
Dec 2016 - Sep 2018
Contributions:21 commits, 19 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 9 months
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