Summary
Santiago Mendez is a full-stack software engineer with over a decade of experience building end-to-end products across fintech, crypto, mobile and web platforms. He has shipped production systems for trading and cross-border payments, from real-time data pipelines and microservices to Android wallets and identity verification using ML. Comfortable across Python/Django, React, Kubernetes and mobile stacks, he combines hands-on engineering with CI/CD and scalable infrastructure practices. Santiago has a track record of launching consumer apps (an Android news app with 5k+ installs) and running his own startups, showing both product intuition and operational ownership. Currently at kamiPay, he’s applying blockchain to bridge RTP systems internationally — a sign of his interest in pragmatic, high-impact fintech innovation. Colleagues know him as a pragmatic problem-solver who enjoys turning messy domain challenges into reliable, user-focused products.
12 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Universidad Nacional de La Plata
Spanish, English