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João Silva Tiago

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Head of Engineering at Astrada
📍 Portugal

João is the Head of Engineering at Astrada, where he leads the engineering, cybersecurity, and IT functions. With a background at firms like Farfetch and Talkdesk and a postgraduate degree from Porto Business School, he aligns technology strategy with organizational goals. Colleagues describe him as dependable, professional, and a creative problem-solver.

He believes the battle for commercial spend is not a game of cards, but a software play, focusing on building infrastructure for modern financial platforms.

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Experience
7 Years
Current Role
Head of Engineering
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Portugal
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Priorities

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People-Centric Leadership
Believes a company's competitive edge comes from its people, alignment, and speed of learning, not just from a race for better tooling.
AI & Clean Data
Emphasizes that the effectiveness of AI agents is entirely dependent on the quality of the underlying data and the cleanliness of APIs.
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Career

Work history

11-2024
Head of Engineering
Astrada
4-2024 - 11-2024
Director of Product Engineering
Astrada
1-2022 - 11-2024
Director of Product Engineering
Fidel API
10-2020 - 1-2022
Engineering Manager
Talkdesk
2-2018 - 10-2020
Senior Software Engineer
Trainline
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Education
2019 - 2020
Postgraduate Degree
Porto Business School
2007 - 2012
Master's degree
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto
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