Santiago Palenque is an engineering manager and seasoned full-stack engineer with 11 years building developer tools and scalable web platforms, currently leading remote cross-functional teams at Firstleaf. He combines hands-on experience—from .NET and PHP to modern web stacks—with a focus on optimizing CI/CD pipelines and data-informed product improvements. Based in Argentina, he is set up to work as a U.S. contractor via his LLC, enabling seamless collaboration with North American teams. His background includes senior roles at OpenStack and long-term full-stack work at Tipit Communications, reflecting deep operational experience across startups and enterprise environments. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic technical leader who blends code-level fluency with people-first management to ship reliable systems.
12 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Bachiller Internacional, Bachiller Internacional at Colegio de Todos los Santos
Computer Engineering, Computer Engineering at University of Buenos Aires
Contributions:426 commits, 11 PRs, 415 pushes in 3 years
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