Summary
Sérgio Giraldo is an IT leader with 11+ years driving large engineering organizations and delivering data-driven platforms across finance and payments. Currently leading a 90‑engineer Data Foundation at ING, he architects cloud-native, open-source data warehouses and event-driven OLRT data integration pipelines while overseeing operations, identity/access, budgets and strategic roadmaps. Previously he led data science and risk teams at PagSeguro, combining machine learning, product ownership and agile coaching to turn hypotheses into business impact in high-growth environments. He blends deep hands-on software and architecture experience (from mainframes to PostgreSQL on Azure) with formal training in physics, risk management, cloud computing and design thinking. Known for coaching distributed teams across continents, he pairs an almost-obsessive appetite for learning with a practical focus on maintainability and delivery at scale.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Specialization, Risk Management, Specialization, Risk Management at Universidade do Instituto Educacional BM&FBOVESPA
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Masters, Computer Software Engineering, Innovation, Design Thinking, Software Architecture, Masters, Computer Software Engineering, Innovation, Design Thinking, Software Architecture at IPT - USP
Postgraduate, Software Engineering, Building software using Agile and CMMi, Postgraduate, Software Engineering, Building software using Agile and CMMi at Senac São Paulo
University of São Paulo
English, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, asl (american sign language), French