Summary
Thiago Charão is a technology and architecture leader with 12 years of experience who currently serves as Director of Architecture at Planet, known for turning chaotic engineering environments into clear, scalable platforms. He has led cross-company initiatives in identity, cloud (AWS/K8s), and AI adoption while driving platform modernization, developer enablement, and data-driven operating models. Comfortable both deep in architectural design and in people leadership, he aligns technology strategy with delivery and business outcomes, clarifying ownership and accountability so teams can move fast reliably. Based in Porto, Portugal, he progressed through hands-on engineering and management roles at Planet, Farfetch, ThoughtWorks and others, bringing practical delivery experience across product lines. Colleagues rely on him to make innovation repeatable through measurable practices and architecture governance.
12 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Computational & Applied Mathematics (incomplete) Applied Mathematics, Bachelor of Computational & Applied Mathematics (incomplete) Applied Mathematics at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Bachelor of Computer Science (incomplete), Bachelor of Computer Science (incomplete) at Universidade La Salle
English, Italian, Portuguese