Summary
Sérgio Saraiva is a senior engineering manager based in Lisbon with 20+ years of hands-on software and leadership experience and eight years in senior roles driving complex technical programs. He currently leads engineering at Prophix, previously managing ground-segment and data systems for the space industry and heading a software development business unit at GMV, blending product, pre-sales, and operational responsibilities. An Agile practitioner and PMP/PMI-ACP-trained project leader, he moves fluidly between architecture, delivery and client-facing roles, often in regulated or standards-driven environments (ISO/CMMI). He builds and mentors distributed teams that ship operational applications—from financial markets to aerospace—and has a recent personal project creating an autonomous AI trading agent, showing active curiosity at the intersection of AI and finance. Known for translating complex requirements into pragmatic, auditable solutions, he pairs technical depth from a Computer Science degree with executive-level project leadership training.
8 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Project Management for Executives, a 360º Perspective, Project management and leadership, Project Management for Executives, a 360º Perspective, Project management and leadership at Nova School of Business and Economics
Graduate, Computer Science, Pre-Bologna degree of 5 years, Graduate, Computer Science, Pre-Bologna degree of 5 years at Instituto Superior Técnico
English, Portuguese