Hoihoi!
I'm Diego
Currently working at Booking.com
Amsterdam, Netherlands
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I’m a positive and enthusiastic person who enjoys working in teams with passionate people. I seek to create frictionless environments where we help and support each other in order to get the job done.
Father of Lucas and Tomas, I enjoy spending time with my family and friends and I like to combine that with two of my other hobbies: photography and travelling.
In 2014 I moved to Amsterdam to join Booking.com. Living in The Netherlands has been a great experience so far, meeting interesting people from all over the world and discovering amazing places across Europe.
Working experience
I started working as a freelancer to gain experience and also to keep learning with every new project. Most of my clients were small business and that was a great opportunity to be an advisor and not just a service provider. While studying Multimedia Design I started designing websites and later on coding Frontend and Backend.
After finishing the Multimedia Design career and gaining experience in Web development I started getting full time jobs. Throughout the years I worked in different type of companies, dedicated mainly to Marketing and E-Commerce.
I had the opportunity of working for different markets in Latin America and the U.S. before moving to Amsterdam.
Working @ Booking.com
For the past 11 years I've been working in different teams at Booking.com alongside great people who have diverse skills and perform a wide range of roles (Designers, Developers, Product Managers, Researches, Copywriters, Product Marketing Managers, Data Analysts, Data Scientists and more) building products for internal users, partners and customers.
Current Role: Engineering Manager
Aug 2021 - Present
My role is to primarily manage, coach and develop an engineering team, ensuring the development of both the individual and team are in line with organisational objectives. Manage all activities in scope through the direction of activities, design new products and modify existing designs, ensuring that deliverables are on time and with acceptable quality.
I'm required to analyze technology trends, human resource needs, and market demand to plan projects to ensure resilience in line with current demand and future ambition. In addition to this, confer with leaders, key stakeholders and marketing teams to determine engineering feasibility, cost effectiveness, scalability for new and existing products.
Previous roles
Frontend Developer & Engineering Team Lead
Aug 2020 - July 2021
Manage a team of individual contributors and look after team performance, personal development of team members and also contribute as an individual contributor.
Frontend Developer & Scrum Master
Oct 2019 - July 2020
Responsible for identifying opportunities to improve and promote self organization within the team.
Frontend Developer
May 2014 - Sep 2019
Own the execution of technical and user interface elements in the Booking.com stack, products and processes.
Working with me
I can learn and adapt quickly. I’m continuously reflecting and looking for improvement opportunities and I get the most satisfaction when sharing learnings with my colleagues and helping them in their growth, both professionally and personally.
I bring a kind and caring attitude to build trust around people as I strongly believe that creating real bondings and keeping people happy within the work environment is very important to get business results as well.
I believe in putting myself in the shoes of others before emitting any type of judgment as that allows me to understand the context, giving me the chance to offer the right guidance and support.
Would you like to come and work with me? Check career opportunities at Booking.com