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Santiago Galindo

@santiagogalindo

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Solutions Architect and technical leader driving cloud-native transformations.

Ecuador

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What I'm looking for

I seek senior roles where I can lead cloud-native architecture, mentor teams, drive customer success, and deliver measurable cost and performance improvements.

I am a results-driven Solutions Architect and Technical Leader with 15+ years designing and delivering enterprise-scale cloud-native systems that reduce costs and accelerate time-to-market. I focus on translating complex business requirements into scalable, maintainable architectures and practical implementation plans.

I have led cross-functional engineering teams, mentored engineers into senior roles, and built onboarding and integration frameworks that reduced setup time from two weeks to three days while achieving 95% customer satisfaction. I architected platforms handling 1M+ daily transactions, optimized infrastructure to cut costs by 35%, and contributed to $2M+ ARR through scalable API design.

I bring strong technical strategy, cloud and DevOps expertise, and stakeholder communication skills to align product, sales, and engineering priorities for sustainable growth and customer success. I thrive in environments that value measurable impact, continuous improvement, and scalable engineering practices.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Solutions Architect

Viafoura

Jul 2020 - Dec 2024 (4 years 5 months)

Led technical discovery and architecture for enterprise SaaS integrations, accelerating client implementations by 40% and generating $2M+ ARR through scalable API designs and a 95% satisfaction onboarding framework.

Cloud Architecture API Design SaaS Integration Onboarding CI CD Kubernetes AWS Technical Documentation

Solutions Architect & Technical Lead

Municipality of Quito

Sep 2018 - Apr 2020 (1 year 7 months)

Led a 12-developer team to modernize legacy systems into cloud-native microservices, improving processing speed by 60% and building a platform processing 1M+ daily transactions with 99.9% uptime while reducing infrastructure costs 35%.

Microservices Cloud Native Architecture Performance Optimization Cost Optimization Kubernetes CI CD Team Leadership

Principal Engineer

Ministry of Culture & Heritage

Feb 2017 - Aug 2018 (1 year 6 months)

Architected a cultural information system supporting 500K+ digital artifacts, led legacy migrations to cloud infrastructure improving performance 50% and reduced data processing time by 70% enabling real-time analytics.

Database Optimization Cloud Migration Performance Tuning API Design

Software Architect

Knowledge Enjoyment

Nov 2013 - Dec 2016 (3 years 1 month)

Designed decision support and real-time analytics systems processing 100K+ daily transactions, delivering 30% cost savings via automation and mentoring engineers to senior roles.

Architectural Design Mentoring Automation Performance Optimization Microservices Data Pipelines

Senior Software Engineer

ZIVO

Jan 2008 - Aug 2013 (5 years 7 months)

Delivered full-stack enterprise solutions across multiple sectors, implemented agile practices reducing development cycles by 30%, and led consulting engagements for international organizations.