Tiago Leão
Principal Engineer at INSTANDA
Portugal
Summary
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Top SchoolTiago Leão is a Principal Engineer based in Portugal with 11 years of software engineering experience, specializing in C#/.NET back-end systems while retaining strong full-stack and DevOps fluency. He has driven platform modernization and AI/ML integration at INSTANDA, serving as the bridge between architecture and development to reduce technical debt and boost feature velocity across 13 teams. Known as the go-to SME for root-cause analysis, Tiago also redesigned technical hiring loops and engineering standards to raise code quality and hiring rigor. He combines hands-on delivery—spanning microservices, SQL/NoSQL, Azure, and CI/CD tooling—with mentoring and a collaborative leadership style that values openness and psychological safety. Outside work he balances high performance with deliberate downtime, reflecting a pragmatic approach to sustainable productivity.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Computer Engineering, Master's degree Computer Engineering at Delft University of TechnologyMaster's degree Computer Engineering, Master's degree Computer Engineering at Instituto Superior Técnico
Portuguese, English, Spanish
Github Skills (56)
jetbrains10
intellij10
ide10
linux10
linux-kernel10
intellij-idea10
kernel10
intellij-plugin10
code-editor10
intellij-platform10
java9
gateway9
api9
nginx9
reverse-proxy8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
leaobr/CanisMajor
Jan 2015 - Feb 2015
Contributions:83 commits, 106 pushes, 17 branches in 23 days
javaeclipse
mv2a/JavaPropertiesEditor
Jun 2016 - Jun 2016
Contributions:4 releases, 18 pushes, 9 tags in 1 day
asciiescape-sequencespropertiesjava-propertiesascii-characters
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