Work With Me
I build products, write code, design systems, and help engineering teams grow. I've mentored engineers from junior to senior and tackled the kind of technical problems that cut across teams and take real persistence to solve. Companies bring me in when they're dealing with:
- Products that need to scale reliably
- Applications slowing down as they grow
- Technical decisions that impact multiple teams
- Engineers who could work more independently
Companies I've Helped
Intellum
Joined as an engineer to stabilize and scale infrastructure. Built an Internal Developer Platform for Rails and Node.js applications, managing multiple production clusters across AWS and GCP, scaling from dozens to over 500 servers and hundreds of Terraform modules. All fully automated with infrastructure-as-code, maintaining 99.95% uptime.
Grew into management, building a team from a single-person operation. Later as Director, led cross-team initiatives including a cross-cloud disaster recovery platform and drove adoption of continuous deployment from weekly releases to multiple daily deployments.
Schibsted Media Group
Built developer-focused infrastructure at the platform level. Developed self-service database management tools for 30+ Cassandra, Kafka, and Zookeeper clusters in Python and Go, reducing manual work by 70%.
Built key components of a self-service VPN platform used by over 1,000 engineers: backend APIs in Python, frontend in Ember.js, and supporting services in Go, achieving 99.9% SLO availability.
Led a team of 10 engineers building XING's Talent Manager, a product that enabled a new B2B recruitment business line, launched at Germany's largest HR fair. Built with Ruby on Rails, Backbone.js, and Marionette.js. Also built backend APIs to integrate with a newly acquired company's event platform, maintained development environments for 250+ engineers, and scaled Rails applications for performance and high availability.
What People Say
"Jorge is an exceptional Engineering Manager. He tackles tough problems, leads with empathy, and creates a continuous learning environment for his team."
— Daryl, VP of Engineering
"Jorge was more than just a boss, he was a mentor and a friend. He challenged me when needed and supported me to grow into a confident, well-rounded engineer."
— Brendan, Systems Engineer
"Jorge helped me deliver a project that impacted several teams. He listened to concerns and worked hard to solve them. One of the best manager/report relationships I've had."
— Salvador, Software Engineer
"Jorge managed our automated, virtualized infrastructure for 250+ engineers. He shares ideas, embraces challenges, and ensures tasks are completed reliably."
— Helmut, Director of Operations
"He's an expert in coding and maintainability and someone to look up to on a programming path."
— Jakub, Software Engineer
About Me
I'm Jorge. I've been building software and growing engineering teams for over 20 years. I write code, design systems, mentor engineers, and help teams make better technical decisions.
I care about building things that last. Not because shipping fast doesn't matter, but because sustainable systems and practices are what let you ship fast consistently. The teams I've worked with release more often, break less, and spend their time building products instead of firefighting.
People tell me I'm good at knowing when to challenge someone and when to give them space. I think deeply about how technical decisions impact the people who have to live with them. I focus on growing engineers' confidence and autonomy, not just their technical skills.
If you need someone who can build products and help your team grow, let's talk.