Carlos Ferreira
@carlosferreira2
I scale SaaS engineering organizations and AI-driven delivery from greenfield products to revenue.
PortugalWhat I'm looking for
At ECI Software Solutions, I built a new engineering team and delivered a greenfield product in four months. I introduced a spec-driven, agentic SDLC with role-specialized AI agents and review gates, while partnering with Product to cut initial delivery estimates by 60%.
At Broadvoice, I grew engineering from 2 to 40+ engineers and managers across three continents, managing a nearly €3M budget for contact-center and UCaaS SaaS platforms. My teams moved from three releases a year to daily deployments, reduced feature delivery from six months to four weeks, cut critical fixes from eight weeks to two days, and grew a greenfield product into a €1M+ ARR business.
I bring over 15 years spanning research, hands-on development, and global engineering leadership, backed by a PhD in Computer Science and 20+ peer-reviewed publications. I focus on building measurable delivery flow, developing engineering leaders, and applying AI across the SDLC with a clear business case.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Recruited to build a new engineering team and deliver a greenfield product.
• Hired and built a new engineering team from the ground up, delivering a greenfield product in 4 months
• Designed and implemented a spec-driven, agentic SDLC with role-specialized AI agents and review gates, to increase team autonomy and reduce cycle time
• Partnered with Product to define MVP scope and milestones, cutti
Led Broadvoice's engineering organization through a period of rapid scale, progressing from R&D Manager to VP since 2017 and growing the team from 2 to 40+ engineers and managers across three continents, managing a budget of nearly €3M and delivering SaaS platforms for contact centers and UCaaS. Highlights across the tenure:
• Transformed the SDLC from 3 releases a year to daily deployments, cutti
Directed research and development activities, contributing to engineering leadership and software development lifecycle improvements.
Managed research and development initiatives, overseeing engineering projects and team coordination.
Built cross-platform real-time communication apps (Android/iOS, WebRTC) and ran Agile delivery as Scrum Master. This was my first step from hands-on engineering into technical leadership.
Short-term postdoctoral fellowship consolidating PhD research in Computer Science and publishing scientific articles.
Research fellowship toward a PhD in Computer Science, applying artificial intelligence and distributed systems to medical imaging networks. Authored and co-authored 20+ peer-reviewed publications.
Teaching Assistant within the doctoral programme, delivering lectures in Information Technologies in Healthcare and in Java programming.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Universities of Aveiro, Porto and Minho
Doctor of Philosophy, Computer Science
2010 - 2015
PhD in Computer Science with a thesis on handling data access latency in distributed medical environments.
Universities of Aveiro, Porto and Minho
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science
2010 - 2015
Thesis title: Handling data access latency in distributed medical environments
Universidade de Aveiro
MSc, Computers and Telematics Engineering
2005 - 2010
Universidade de Aveiro
Master of Science, Computers and Telematics Engineering
2005 - 2010
MSc in Computers and Telematics Engineering from Universidade de Aveiro.
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