Summary
Rui Engana is a customer-driven Chief Technology Officer and founder with 15+ years of hands-on experience delivering security-first API and Open Banking solutions across consulting and product environments. He combines strategic enterprise architecture and portfolio management expertise with a practical engineering background, having led complex digital transformation programs, configurable Open Banking platforms, and multi-country services teams. Rui is skilled at turning business strategy into technical roadmaps, mentoring solution architects, and managing million-euro projects while maintaining a hands-on role in design and problem resolution. Known for creative, out-of-the-box problem solving and a personable leadership style that blends enthusiasm and humour, he bridges sales, services, and delivery to build long-term client partnerships. Trained at Instituto Superior Técnico (University of Lisbon), he uniquely pairs rigorous academic grounding with deep experience in PSD2, API Management, security frameworks and enterprise governance.
8 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
MSc Computer Science, MSc Computer Science at Instituto Superior Técnico
Portuguese, Spanish, English