Santiago Avila
Engineering Manager at SoundCloud
Berlin, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolSantiago Avila is an engineering manager and former senior iOS engineer based in Berlin with a decade of experience building native mobile apps and mobile infrastructure across companies like SoundCloud, Delivery Hero, Twilio and Disney. He combines hands-on Apple-platform expertise with people leadership, currently overseeing Apple Platforms engineering at SoundCloud after advancing from senior roles. Santiago has deep practical knowledge of both iOS and Android nuances and has led tech teams and infrastructure efforts that improve developer experience and release reliability. Comfortable shipping product-facing features and shaping internal platforms, he brings an engineer-first management style and assertive communication to scale teams effectively. Trained in telecommunications and software development, he continuously blends new technologies with prior domain knowledge to propose pragmatic solutions. Colleagues value him for translating mobile-specific technical constraints into clear roadmap priorities that accelerate company growth.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate of Achievement Mobile Apps Development Mobile Apps Development, Certificate of Achievement Mobile Apps Development Mobile Apps Development at Universidad Pontificia BolivarianaUniversidad de los Andes
English, Spanish
Github Skills (40)
twilio-verify10
verify10
verification9
sdk9
android-app9
twilio9
factor9
swift8
swift-package8
sms8
spring-boot7
heroku6
android6
java6
ios6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
sanarroya/SAT
Sep 2016 - Dec 2016
Contributions:48 PRs, 63 pushes, 43 branches in 3 months
sanarroya/homebrew-outdated
Jul 2021 - Jul 2022
Contributions:12 PRs, 12 pushes, 8 branches in 1 year
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