Madrid, Spain

Hello, I'm
Daniel Pérez Álvarez

Engineering Manager | Building and Scaling engineering teams

Results-driven Engineering Manager with 8+ years leading and scaling multidisciplinary, distributed engineering teams and 15+ years of hands-on software engineering experience in complex, highly regulated environments.

About Me

Results-driven Engineering Manager with 8+ years leading and scaling multidisciplinary, distributed engineering teams and 15+ years of hands-on software engineering experience in complex, highly regulated environments. Expert in bridging technical architecture and product delivery, modernizing legacy systems to microservices, and ensuring compliance with standards such as PCI-DSS and PSD2. Proven track record in Agile methodology implementation, team hiring and development, performance optimization, and delivering high-throughput systems. Passionate about clean code, maintainable software design, and productive engineering practices across the full project lifecycle.
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8+
Years managing engineering teams
23
Engineers scaled in a single organization
7M
Transactions categorized daily
3.5K
Requests per second sustained

Outside of work, I'm a father of two and value spending quality time with my family. It helps me stay grounded and brings valuable perspective to my leadership.

Professional Experience

Technical Leadership

Software Development – Individual Contributor

15 years of hands-on software development experience

Earlier Roles (2004–2017) — Foundation of 15 years of software development experience: Technical Project Lead at Valassis, Technical Leader at gameandbeers.com, Senior Software Engineer/Project Lead at Buongiorno MyAlert (mobile platform serving ~80 countries), and software engineering positions at Fullsix, IT Deusto / Oesia, Assertum and O.C.U.

Key Projects & Impact

Selected initiatives where I drove technical strategy, scaled teams and delivered measurable business results.

Skills & Expertise

Recommendations

What leaders I've worked with say

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Education

Computer Science Engineering
Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca (UPSA) • 1999 — 2004

Certifications & Professional Development

  • CKAD — Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (2025)
  • Spring WebFlux Development (Udemy, 2023)
  • Native-level English (written & spoken) — 6th grade completed in the USA
  • Scrum & Agile Methodologies • Groovy & Grails • Refactoring & JUnit • Liferay • Maven & CI

Let's Connect

I'm open to Engineering Manager, Head of Engineering, and senior technical leadership roles. I bring a strong focus on ownership, trust, reliability, and engineering excellence when building scalable software solutions across industries.

Email
danipereza@gmail.com
Phone
+34 696 878 521
Location
Madrid, Spain
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Building software solutions for your business

I'm available to collaborate with companies to design and build custom software solutions, leveraging modern AI tools (agentic coding, automation) to deliver high-impact results tailored to your needs.

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