Work
Principal Solutions Architect
with 15+ years building systems at scale
Experience
Payrails
Berlin, Germany Solutions Architect & Principal Engineer Dec 2021 – Dec 2025
- Founding engineer — designed and built the company's technical architecture and product from the ground up
- Architected the core blueprint powering Payrails' payment and financial services
- Bridged product, tech, sales, and customer success teams
- Drove merchant success: onboarding, critical issue resolution, process improvements
- Supported sales with demos and refined features based on customer input
Delivery Hero
Berlin, Germany Global Fintech Principal Engineer Oct 2020 – Dec 2021
- Helped grow the Global Fintech organisation from 3 to 100+ people across 8 specialised teams (Payments, Risk, Compliance, Wallet, Payouts, Integrations, Analytics, Business), powering infrastructure for 50+ countries and $40B in annual GMV
- Cross-functional consultant helping teams design and scale payments and fraud systems globally
- Provided architectural guidance ensuring consistency across markets
- Adapted applications to new countries, payment methods, and use cases
- Maintained bird's-eye view of fintech projects across teams and regions
Global Payments Senior Engineering Manager May 2019 – Oct 2020
- Built the Global Fintech team from scratch at Delivery Hero HQ
- Designed scalable payment solutions across diverse market requirements
- Expanded payment ecosystem with new methods and unified technical framework
- Led cross-functional teams for fraud prevention, compliance, and checkout optimization
PedidosYa
Montevideo, Uruguay Shopping Tribe Technical Leader Jan 2019 – Apr 2019
- Liaison between all engineers in the Shopping Tribe and cross-team contact
- Ensured solid yet flexible architecture consistent across platforms and 12 markets
Payments & Fraud Prevention Engineering Manager Sep 2016 – Apr 2019
- Led the Payments and Fraud Prevention teams across the #1 food delivery platform in Latin America, operating across 15 countries with $2.5B+ in annual GMV
- Set OKRs, planned projects, negotiated with payment providers
- Continued as full-stack engineer, API designer, and system maintainer
Senior Full Stack Engineer Oct 2013 – Apr 2019
- One of the first engineers — built Latin America's leading food delivery platform from scratch
- Designed and maintained systems from backend APIs to frontend apps across 12 countries
- Specialized in payment systems and fraud prevention for high-risk Latam markets
Universidad ORT Uruguay
Montevideo, Uruguay Software Architecture Professor Aug 2012 – Apr 2019
- Taught Software Architecture for Software Engineering and BSc Computer Science
- Syllabus: Architectural Patterns, Quality Attributes, Tactics with Java EE
Software Engineering in the Cloud Professor Jul 2014 – Sep 2015
- Advanced course on cloud architecture, web APIs, and deployment strategies
MercadoLibre
Montevideo, Uruguay Software Engineer May 2013 – Oct 2013
- API development at Latin America's largest e-commerce platform
- Architectural decisions under demanding performance restrictions
Softruck
Belo Horizonte, Brazil CTO Sep 2015 – Dec 2015
- Led technology at AI/transportation startup processing vehicle data across Brazil and Uruguay
Earlier Roles
- Tata Consultancy Services — Business Analyst & Developer (2010–2013)
- TECHO — IT Manager, Volunteer since 2008 (nonprofit fighting poverty)
- Universidad ORT — Teaching Assistant for Databases & Data Structures (2010)
Education
Universidad ORT Uruguay
Big Data and Machine Learning Specialization — 2018–2020
BSc in Information Technology — 2008–2012
Skills & Languages
Technical
Java · Kotlin · Go · Groovy · Python · TypeScript · React · AWS · Kubernetes · Terraform · PostgreSQL · Redis · Kafka · BigQuery
Payments Domain
50+ PSP integrations · Payment orchestration · Fraud prevention · PCI-DSS · GDPR · SCA/PSD2 · AML/KYC
Leadership & Methods
Cross-functional leadership · Technical strategy · Domain-Driven Design · Event-driven architecture · RFC-driven decisions
Languages
Spanish (Native) · English (Fluent) · Portuguese (Professional) · German & Italian (Elementary)
Honors
Graduation Speech — Selected to represent Information Systems graduates at Universidad ORT Uruguay ceremony, Teatro Solís (2013)