Summary
Tiago Pina is a pragmatic engineering leader with 18+ years of experience building and delivering fintech and enterprise-grade systems across startups and large organisations. Currently VP of Engineering at Carbonplace, he combines hands-on 0-to-1 product delivery—shaping architecture, writing production prototypes, and shipping MVPs quickly—with executive responsibilities for technical direction and leader development. He has repeatedly led trading and financial platform initiatives, drove significant cost savings through platform and cloud optimisations, and codified architecture and onboarding practices that accelerate team velocity. Comfortable across TypeScript, Java, Python and Java stacks, Tiago bridges product, delivery and operations with a focus on interoperability and distributed systems. An Executive MBA and MSc-trained engineer, he brings a rare mix of technical depth and commercial fluency, often staying close to code to make better strategic decisions. Based in the UK, he blends startup speed with enterprise discipline and a track record of turning high-risk concepts into production-grade services.
10 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Software Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Software Engineering at Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra - Escola Superior de Educação
Executive MBA (post-grad), Executive Management, Executive MBA (post-grad), Executive Management at FEUC - Faculdade de Economia da Universidade de Coimbra
Master of Science (M.Sc.), Software Engineering, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Software Engineering at Universidade de Coimbra
Portuguese, English, Spanish, Portuguese, English