Sebastian Thierer
VP Of Software Engineering at Geopagos
Buenos Aires, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Top SchoolSebastian Thierer is a seasoned engineering executive with 16 years of experience building and scaling fintech platforms across Latin America, currently serving as VP of Software Engineering at Geopagos. He has led organizations of 70+ engineers delivering payment authorizations and core services for 30+ partners in 17 countries, blending hands-on technical judgment with organizational design and culture-building. His background spans cloud-native architectures, Java, AWS, Node.js, RabbitMQ and modern frontend stacks, with a strong focus on developer experience, AI/automation for developer workflows, and platform resilience. Previously he led runtime and deployment teams at Salesforce, and as a founder/CTO he brings product-first engineering instincts and entrepreneurial grit. An early open-source contributor to the popular Yii PHP framework—authoring the Gii code-generator module—he combines practical OSS experience with senior leadership. Based in Buenos Aires, he holds advanced studies in strategic and technology management and consistently bridges product, business and technical teams to deliver reliable, high-throughput payment systems.
16 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Magister in Strategic & Technology Management, Magister in Strategic & Technology Management at Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos AiresEnglish Programs for Internationals Languages, English Programs for Internationals Languages at University of South CarolinaTechnical in Computer Science Computer Science, Technical in Computer Science Computer Science at Escuela Tecnica ORT
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Github Skills (14)
yii10
php-framework10
php10
code-generation10
user-authentication9
authentication9
ui-design7
front-end-development7
uid7
input-filtering6
activerecord6
validation6
mysql6
urldecode6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
yiisoft/yii
Dec 2009 - Nov 2011
Yii PHP Framework 1.1.x
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:27 commits, 1 comment in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:Sebastian primarily contributed to the Yii PHP Framework by developing the Gii module, a web-based code generator. Their initial contributions involved creating the Gii module and its components, including the `GiiModule` and `UserIdentity` classes. Further commits introduced a login system and UI elements, indicating the user's efforts towards enhancing the module's functionality and user experience within the framework.
php-frameworkyiiphpyii1
sebathi/yii2-comp
Oct 2015 - Sep 2016
Contributions:2 releases, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
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