Summary
Tonatiuh Mendoza is a software development manager with a decade of experience leading cross-functional engineering teams and delivering production-ready applications at scale. Currently at AWS after progressive engineering leadership roles at Gatsby and a multi-year tenure building a high-performing team at the University of Florida, he blends hands-on delivery with strategic program management. He has deep experience managing full lifecycle projects—from mobile and web apps to ETL pipelines for EHR datasets and cloud backends—while keeping schedules, budgets, and quality metrics tightly aligned. Fluent in English and Spanish, he excels at recruiting and motivating globally dispersed teams and translating client needs into actionable technical requirements. Known for hiring and growing a diverse team of engineers and student contributors, he brings a practical mix of technical depth, people leadership, and data-driven process improvements. Based in Seattle, he pairs academic training in computer and computer engineering with a track record of shipping certified, mission-critical systems.
10 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science at The University of Texas at El Paso
Master of Engineering (M.Eng.), Computer Engineering, Master of Engineering (M.Eng.), Computer Engineering at Iowa State University
English, Spanish