Summary
Tiago Lopes is a seasoned engineering leader with 8+ years of formal experience and a long history in tech, currently serving as Director of Engineering at Bitpanda from Porto, Portugal. He combines deep full-stack chops—frontend, backend, performance and systems administration—with hands-on leadership of large, cross-functional teams and platform initiatives. At Jumia he led multiple teams including Mobile, Performance & Scalability and Automation, delivering significant frontend performance gains and resilient infrastructure for high-traffic campaigns. A co-founder of the Portuguese PHP community (PHP-PT.com) and longtime event coordinator, he blends technical mentorship with community building and knowledge-sharing. He is pragmatic about tooling and automation, having built monitoring and performance tooling in production, and is equally passionate about people and culture as he is about code. Tiago’s background reflects both entrepreneurial roots and scaled operational experience, making him adept at turning engineering challenges into reliable, team-driven outcomes.
8 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
2º Informatic Engineer, 2º Informatic Engineer at Instituto Superior Politecnico de Gaya