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Pablo Contreras · Tech Lead · Lima, Peru · Remote LATAM/US

Tech Lead

Tech Lead & Engineering Manager

I lead engineering teams from my first role at Dibal (first hire) to fintech platform at Destacame. Innovator of the Year 2023 for automating internal operations with measurable impact. Mentoring + delivery + organizational resilience.

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Track record

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Tech Lead · Engineering Manager

Leadership track record

Team leadership, organizational change navigation and continuous delivery in LATAM fintech context.

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Tech leadership

Led initial team at Dibal (first hire). Architecture decisions, hiring, mentoring juniors, hand-off to successor teams as the company scaled.

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Organizational resilience

Navigated headcount reductions at Destacame while maintaining delivery and team morale. Shifted between frontend → microservices → platform team without losing pace.

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Mentoring + delivery

Triple Alliance 2020: 1st place Commerce sector. Innovator of the Year 2023 Destacame for shipping automated solutions with measurable ops impact.

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Awards

Recognition for technical and business impact.

Innovator of the Year 2023 at Destacame

Destacame 2024-01

For leading the implementation of innovative technical solutions across the company, significantly improving operational efficiency and user experience.

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Triple Alianza Challenge Lima — 1st place, Commerce sector

Incubagraria, 1551, StartUpUni 2020-11

1st place in the Commerce sector at the Triple Alianza COVID-19 Challenge, achieved during the role at DIBAL.

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Experience

Leadership roles first: Tech Lead at Destacame, first developer and lead at Dibal.

  1. Frontend Architect and Microservices Developer

    Destacame

    August 2022 — Present

    Frontend Architect leading the microfrontend migration and orchestrating Destacame fintech products for Chile and Mexico.

    • AWS
    • Arquitectura Frontend
    • Django
    • Microfrontend
    • Microservicios
    • Python
    • TypeScript
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  2. Development Team Lead and Developer

    Dibal

    December 2018 — September 2021

    Tech lead and first dev at Dibal: grew the team from 1 to ~5 people and defined their engineering standards.

    • Arquitectura de Sistemas
    • Computación en la Nube
    • Desarrollo de E-commerce
    • Despliegue en AWS
    • Laravel
    • Microfrontend
    • Vue
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  3. Leader, Architect and Developer

    Asesoría de proyectos de grado

    November 2015 — December 2015

    I was hired to rescue a stalled thesis: I single-handedly built and deployed the solution for PROSALUD and coached the team through their defense.

    • Arquitectura de Software
    • Diagnóstico Técnico
    • Implementación de Soluciones
    • MySQL
    • PHP
    • Reestructuración de Proyectos
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  4. Software Development Lead and Systems Architecture

    Instituto Autónomo de Infraestructura del Estado Yaracuy (IAI)

    January 2015 — December 2015

    Led development and architecture of an academic project, coordinating a small team through successful delivery.

    • Desarrollo de Software
    • Gestión de Datos
    • Gestión de Infraestructura
    • Implementación de Soluciones
    • Proyecto de Grado
    • Redacción Técnica
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Projects

Projects where I led the team (Dibal, Destacame) and awards.

Sistema de saldar deudas (Chile)

Activo

Fintech B2C platform that helps Chilean users negotiate and settle debts with banks and financial institutions. Covers 3 brands in production (Santander, Santander Consumer, Scotiabank).

  • Vue
  • Nuxt
  • TypeScript
  • Django
  • Python
  • AWS
  • +1

Under NDA — detailed metrics on request

Producto de créditos (México)

Activo

Fintech product offering tiered personal credit to users in Mexico.

  • Vue
  • Nuxt
  • TypeScript
  • Django
  • Python
  • AWS
  • +1

Under NDA — detailed metrics on request

  • Arquitectura de Sistemas
  • Arquitectura Frontend
  • Microservicios
  • Microfrontend
  • Desarrollo Full Stack
  • AWS
  • EC2
  • RDS
  • S3
  • Route 53
  • Vue 3
  • Nuxt.js
  • TypeScript
  • Astro
  • Desarrollo Frontend

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Technical skills

Current stack + domains where I have shipped to production.

Technical

Architecture

  • Arquitectura de Sistemas
  • Arquitectura Frontend
  • Microservicios
  • Microfrontend
  • Desarrollo Full Stack
  • Clean Architecture
  • SOLID
  • Implementación de Soluciones

Cloud & DevOps

  • AWS
  • EC2
  • RDS
  • S3
  • Route 53
  • SES
  • AutoScaling
  • LoadBalancer
  • Docker
  • Computación en la Nube
  • Despliegue en AWS
  • Gestión de Infraestructura
  • Microservicios

Frontend

  • Vue 3
  • Nuxt.js
  • TypeScript
  • Astro
  • Desarrollo Frontend
  • Arquitectura Frontend
  • Microfrontend
  • Desarrollo de E-commerce
  • Aplicación Web
  • jQuery

Soft

Leadership & Management

  • Liderazgo de Equipo
  • Gestión de Equipos
  • Gestión de Proyectos
  • Planificación Estratégica
  • Planificación de Proyecto
  • Metodologías Ágiles
  • Consultoría Técnica
  • Gestión del Tiempo

Mindset & Personal

  • Adaptabilidad
  • Agilidad de Aprendizaje
  • Auto-motivación
  • Pensamiento Analítico
  • Resolución de Problemas

Team & Client

  • Colaboración de Equipo
  • Comunicación Técnica
  • Orientado al Cliente
  • Relación con el Cliente
  • Trabajo Colaborativo
  • Trabajo en Equipo