Gustavo Saavedra
Engineering Manager at Endava
Colombia
Summary
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Top SchoolGustavo Saavedra is an engineering manager with 14+ years in software development and over nine years leading cross-functional teams, currently steering multi-team delivery of regulated financial systems at Endava. He combines deep Python expertise with full-stack architectural experience—microservices, distributed systems, messaging, observability, and AWS—while also maintaining hands-on delivery and legacy modernization. Gustavo has scaled engineering organizations, introduced CI/CD and SRE-aligned practices, and improved delivery predictability through standardized processes and data-driven operations. He has led both high-growth startups and enterprise engagements, from building multilingual educational platforms to operating 15+ OTP/messaging microservices at scale. Known for championing pragmatic adoption of AI-assisted developer tools, he balances productivity gains with stronger security and operational standards. Based in Colombia, he brings a blend of tactical engineering, people leadership, and a proven ability to stabilize critical monoliths while incrementally rolling out modern architectures.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Ingeniero, en Informática, Ingeniero, en Informática at Universidad Rafael Belloso Chacín
Spanish, English
Github Skills (66)
github10
facebook-api10
pullrequest10
digitalocean10
git10
wrapper10
mercadopago9
api9
python9
sugarcrm9
facebook-marketing-api9
deprecated9
outlook8
django8
django-rest-swagger8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
gustav0/epayco_django
Jan 2020 - Jul 2024
Epayco's gateway integration for django
Contributions:2 releases, 43 pushes, 3 branches in 4 years 6 months
django
LQNTech/django-jwt-auth
Jun 2022 - Mar 2025
JSON Web Token Authentication support for Django
Contributions:2 PRs, 2 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 9 months
pythondjango-rest-frameworkdjangotokenauthentication
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