Product leader with 8+ years of experience across Fintech, EdTech, and SaaS. Combines a strong software engineering background with strategic product management, delivering impact in both B2C growth products and B2B technical platforms. Proven track record managing cross-functional teams (40+ engineers), scaling products from MVP to global adoption, and optimizing mature solutions for efficiency and growth.
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Eduardo Castanho
@ducast
Senior PM (8+ yrs) with eng background. Fintech/SaaS, API-first. Led 40+ eng. Drove +40% engagement, -$1.8M losses. Remote-first, data-driven.
BrazilExperience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
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Current
Responsible for quality, health, and performance of 8,000+ financial connectors worldwide.
Key responsibilities:
Drive roadmap for 40+ engineers
Build direct API integrations with major U.S. banks
Optimize and scale thousands of connectors
Results:
Cut $1.8M (35%) yearly losses from failed transactions
Raised recurrent user success rate by 20pp
Reduced merchant onboarding from 7 to 2 days
DEProduct Manager
Descomplica
Dec 2019 - Jun 2023 (3 years 6 months)
Responsible for the team that maintains and improves the whole learning management system of 300k subscribed students. Experience with web, mobile and app platforms. Leading the business model shift to a Freemium product.
DESoftware Engineer
Descomplica
Jun 2018 - Jan 2020 (1 year 7 months)
Lead engineer in the development of a new mobile app, a daily live game show with educational questions for university entrance exams.
Developer in one of the teams responsible for the main learning experience of Descomplica's students.
PACo-founder & Software Engineer
PaperX
Nov 2016 - Jun 2018 (1 year 7 months)
Founded, raised, and sold an EdTech focused on developing a white label platform of online exercises and preparation tests for exams.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
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Descomplica Faculdade Digital
Post graduate, Product Management
2022 - 2023
FJFederal University Rio de Janeiro
Masters, Software Engineer
2012 - 2017
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Availability
Looking for a job
Location
Brazil
ItalySalary expectations
70k-130k USD
Job categories
Product ManagerProductProduct LeadProduct OwnerProduct AnalystProduct SpecialistDirector of ProductLead Product ManagerGroup Product ManagerAssociate Product ManagerTechnical Product ManagerChief Product Officer (CPO)Project ManagerDigital Project ManagerAssociate Project ManagerTechnical Project Manager
Skills
Software EngineeringPythonJavaScriptSoftware DevelopmentAWSSQLReactTypeScriptUser ResearchProduct ManagementCSSFigmaUser ExperiencePostgreSQLUser TestingHTMLData AnalysisProduct StrategyData AnalyticsRubyGraphQLUXData ScienceProject ManagementNodeGitHubLinuxGitBusiness DevelopmentFrontend DevelopmentProduct ManagerExcelNodeJSAgileProductFullstack DevelopmentStrategyAnalytics
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