Gilson Dos Santos
Software Engineering Manager at Amazon
Greater Boston United States
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Top SchoolGilson Dos Santos is a Software Engineering Manager based in Greater Boston with nine years of experience building and scaling systems at Amazon and senior roles in SMEs. He rose through hands-on engineering at Amazon from SDE to Senior SDE and now leads teams as an engineering manager, blending deep technical execution with people leadership. A Cape Verde native who studied Computer Science at Kent State University with a minor in Management, he brings a global perspective and a long-standing passion for the impact of code. His background spans web development, robotics internships, database programming, and tutoring—evidence of both breadth and a commitment to mentorship. Known for seeking new challenges, he combines startup agility from Gibbs Software Solutions with large-scale production rigor at Amazon. Gilson is motivated by practical problem-solving and building teams that deliver measurable product and user value.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science at Kent State University
Portuguese, English, French, Spanish, creol
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Github Skills (36)
linkml9
json-schema9
python-functions9
persistent-data9
genomics8
bioinformatics8
sequence-alignment7
phylogenetics7
protein-structure7
persistent6
php6
abc6
uniprot6
python6
outlook-rest-api6
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
FlyBase/harvdev-proforma-parser
May 2022 - Apr 2024
New Python-based proforma parser and loader.
Contributions:64 reviews, 29 PRs, 78 pushes in 1 year 10 months
parserpython
FlyBase/harvdev-utils
Apr 2019 - Feb 2023
Common Python functions used by FlyBase developers at Harvard.
Contributions:53 reviews, 244 commits, 114 PRs in 3 years 10 months
python-functions
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