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Daniel Ferreira Castro
Transforming tech teams through leadership, predictability, and backend innovation.
Braga, PT
Full time
Remote
Technology leader with 10+ years' experience in engineering and software delivery across fintech, healthcare, and insurance sectors. Adept at scaling distributed...
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My Career Journey
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Consulting Engagements
Independent Consultant / Project Manager
- Present | N/A
Led teams for ING KYC platform initiatives, supporting compliance, architecture, and AI adoption. Leveraged Azure DevOps for regulated workflow management and contributed to delivery and risk mitigati...
Bloq.it
Senior Release Manager
Oct 2025 - Jan 2026 | 3m
Built end-to-end release governance model, standardizing release planning, aligning engineering, product, and QA on estimates and risks, increasing predictability. Created executive communication processes...
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mDOC
Senior Software Engineering Manager / Scrum Master
Jul 2023 - Oct 2025 | 2y 3m
Led backend/platform architecture and two distributed teams supporting 60+ mobile apps for European hospitals. Improved delivery accuracy to 92%, drove AI adoption for testing and story breakdown, consolidated...
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Jumia (JumiaPay)
Software Engineering Manager / Scrum Master
Mar 2022 - Jun 2023 | 1y 3m
Led engineering for high-volume payments platform, improving payment and refund success from 48% to 92%, reducing lead time from 5 to 2 days, enhancing CI/CD and traceability, and cultivating international...
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Blip (Contractor)
Software Engineering Manager / Scrum Master
Jan 2021 - Mar 2022 | 1y 2m
Cut release cycles from 2 months to 2 weeks via automated testing and platform improvements; led backend team focused on event-driven Java/Spring Boot services; drove quarterly/capacity planning and troubleshooting...
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Generali
Architecture, Quality & Release Manager / Scrum Master
Jun 2018 - Sep 2020 | 2y 3m
Rio de Janeiro, BR
Led integration of secure payment gateway and audit readiness, reducing post-deployment issues by 70%. Managed GCP infrastructure with compliance controls and strengthened release integrity in regulated...
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Azul Seguros
Head of Architecture / Scrum Master
Feb 2014 - Jun 2018 | 4y 4m
Rio de Janeiro, BR
Drove platform modernization with REST/microservices in Java/AWS stack, managed Agile transformation, restored project delivery timelines, and built prioritization frameworks. Ensured successful phased...
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Decatron (Consulting)
Project Manager
Jan 2012 - Apr 2013 | 1y 3m
Rio de Janeiro, BR
Managed enterprise software projects with a focus on scope definition, resources, architecture, and budgeting using PMP methods for delivery control and stakeholder engagement.
Leadership
Collaboration
Prioritization
Delivery Focused
Results Focused
Communications
Influencing Skills
Teamwork
Career Highlights
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Large refactor — iterative re-estimation and stakeholder alignment
Aligned priorities to deliver a large refactor
Braga, PT, 2026
During a large codebase refactor I re-estimated priorities three times and led alignment with...
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Education
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AVM
Postgraduate Specialization in Enterprise Analysis
Ongoing
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Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV)
MBA in Management
Ongoing
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Universidade Estácio de Sá (UNESA)
Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering
Ongoing
Certifications & Qualifications
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
2026
AWS Certified Developer - Associate
2026
Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)
2026
Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
2026
ITIL Foundations v3
2026
Language(s) I speak
Portuguese
Fluent
English
Fluent
French
Intermediate