Bernardo De Seabra

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DISC Type : cs

Director of Engineering at Render

San Francisco, California, United States

Overview

Bernardo de Seabra is the Head of Infrastructure & Platform at Render, with over 15 years of experience leading large engineering teams at companies like Robinhood and Yahoo. He is a UC Berkeley graduate, and colleagues describe him as sharp, knowledgeable, and an effective communicator.

Bernardo has shown a keen interest in the startup ecosystem, having served as an advisor for the venture capital firm Portugal Ventures, where he helped guide innovative technology-based companies.

He co-invented a patented system for reviewing text messages within a keyboard application before they are sent.

Personality Overview

Status Quo Seeker

Late Adopter

Unexpressive

They are always well-planned and adopt a systematic approach.  They do not like taking risks at all and go for proven options in the end. They are heavily focused on quality and prefer doing things the right way, even if it takes time.

Topics They Care About

AI Infrastructure
His company, Render, recently raised $100M to focus its platform on supporting the next generation of AI applications and agents.
Engineering Leadership
He has a proven track record of building and managing large, geographically distributed engineering organizations of over 70 people at high-growth companies.
Cloud Orchestration
In his previous role at Robinhood, he led teams focused on core infrastructure, including container orchestration, and actively recruited for leadership roles in the Kubernetes domain.

Media Appearances

Bernardo has no verified media appearances

Work History

10-2025
Director of Engineering at Render
1-2025 - 9-2025
Career Break
8-2020 - 1-2025
Director of Engineering at Robinhood
5-2019 - 2-2020
Director of Engineering at Lyric
12-2012 - 12-2019
Advisor at Portugal Ventures

Education

2007 - 2009
Computer Science from University of California, Berkeley
2004 - 2006
Computer Science from De Anza College

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Insights For Selling To Bernardo

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Expect them to be slow and cautious, encourage them to ask more questions
  • Be firm in your communication and stay in control
  • Ask them which other stakeholders would be important for this purchase decision

DONT's

  • Don't push them too hard to make fast decisions, give them time
  • Don't use phrases like 'do not worry', 'i promise' etc.
  • Don't rely on relationship building even if they act pleasantly

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Bernardo is

  • For them, low risk and acceptance by others are very important, followed by proof of ROI.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Bernardo

  • They don’t say no often, they push out the decisions or keep going around in circles.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Bernardo move?

  • They do not like to take decisions in a hurry, so they could be slow in making their mind up.
  • Can Bernardo take some risk or not?

  • They are low on risk-appetite and prefer to make informed decisions.

You And Bernardo

Personality Compatibility


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