Luis Diego

Engineering Manager | Principal Architect

Professional profile

Engineering manager with more than a decade of experience leading software development teams and solution architecture. Expert in digital transformation, including scalable architecture rollouts, development process optimization, and technology leadership of high-performing teams.

Experience

Tech Manager · Globant

Apr 2026 – Present · Remote

Satellites, Integrations and Cloud & DevSecOps for the migration to the new INSIS Core.

  • INSIS Core integration architecture: 50+ integrations under one shared pattern.
  • Three teams and their Tech Leads: Satellites, Integrations and Cloud & DevSecOps.
  • AI-automated delivery cycle with context and quality practices.
  • TL Charter: the Technical Lead role versus the Tech Manager role.

Infra Lead · TopSort

Nov 2024 – Apr 2026 · Remote

Cutting the bill without cutting availability, across a multi-region, multi-cloud operation.

  • 30–40% lower infrastructure cost with FinOps, Karpenter and KubeCost.
  • 100% observability with Grafana, Loki, Tempo and Prometheus.
  • Event-driven architecture with Kafka, SQS and EventBridge.
  • GitOps with ArgoCD, Helm and Kustomize; IaC with Terraform and Pulumi.

Engineering Manager · Xepelin

Aug 2022 – Aug 2024 · Remote

Core Engineering, PaaS, Onboarding and Lending at a fast-scaling fintech.

  • Four teams led.
  • Internal, external and public API Platform on AWS API Gateway with a documented Node.js library.
  • Event-driven architecture on Kafka with an event catalog and library.
  • Core microservices ThirdParty and Documents Manager.
  • AI-accelerated development: Claude Code and ChatGPT in the teams' daily work.
  • TypeScript toolkit: decorators, domain errors, monads, logger and shared configs.

Senior Engineering Manager · Auna

Jan 2022 – Aug 2022 · Lima, Peru

Six PODs: Common Components, CyberSecurity, Architecture, Platform, Design System and Digital Clinic.

  • Kong Gateway for digital health at 99.9% SLA for critical patient systems.
  • Six PODs led.
  • Micro frontend templates with React and Webpack, and microservice templates in .NET and Node.js.

Principal Architect · Auna

Jun 2021 – Jan 2022 · Lima, Peru

Architecture governance for the whole organization: CyberSecurity, Architecture and Platform.

  • Multi-brand design system with design tokens, Style Dictionary and web components.
  • Technology Radar for the whole organization.
  • API Platform on AWS API Gateway and migration off IBM API Connect.
  • Analytics framework with Kinesis Stream, Firehose and S3.

Solutions Architect · Auna

Jul 2020 – Jun 2021 · Lima, Peru

The first digital transformation app, serverless end to end.

  • Telehealth, appointments and prescriptions on serverless microservices and API Gateway WebSocket.
  • Payment Broker and Identity Broker for every digital product.
  • Biometric identity validation with Python for digital signatures.

Solutions Architect · Belcorp

Sep 2016 – Jul 2020 · Lima, Peru

From the first mobile DevOps platform to an omnichannel API Gateway on Kong.

  • Omnichannel API Gateway on Kong: JWT, API keys and a Lua authorization plugin.
  • First DevOps platform for mobile apps with Jenkins and Fastlane.
  • Multi-brand design system with Stencil.
  • Clean Architecture on Android with Kotlin and Jetpack.

Associate Consultant · Hundred

Jan 2016 – Sep 2016 · Lima, Peru

Mobile consulting for Belcorp: sync, updates and modularity.

  • 50% less sync time in the “Gestiona tu Negocio” app.
  • First modular pattern implementation in Belcorp's apps.

Technical Leader Mobile · Avances Tecnológicos

Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 · Lima, Peru

Architecture for Yanbal's consultant apps and the company's first Node.js microservices architecture.

  • First hybrid app for Yanbal with Ionic and Angular.
  • Winner of the Fincyt contest with the Cuponeo idea for small businesses.
  • The company's first Node.js microservices architecture.

Education

  • Master's in Big Data, Data Science & AIUniversidad Complutense de Madrid · 2023–2024
  • Systems EngineeringUniversidad Peruana de las Américas · 2009–2014
  • Computing & Systems TechnicianCimas · 2005–2009

Certifications

  • AWS Solutions Architect – Professional2024–2027 · Credly
  • AWS Developer – Associate2024–2027 · Credly
  • AWS Solutions Architect – Associate2020–2023 · Credly

Technical skills

Languages
TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Go, Rust, Kotlin, Java, .NET
Cloud
AWS, GCP, Azure, Kubernetes, Karpenter, Terraform, Pulumi, Helm
Platform
Kong, Kafka, ArgoCD, GitHub Actions, Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, Tempo
Architecture
Microservices, Serverless, EDA, Micro frontends, MACH, C4
Data
Postgres, DynamoDB, Redis, MongoDB, Redshift, OpenSearch