# Salvador Faria

> Senior Software Engineer

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/salvadorfaria

Senior Software Engineer with 14+ years of experience building scalable, cloud-based systems for startups, digital agencies, and enterprise clients. Delivered projects for Novartis, Google, and Facebook, with domain expertise in marketing tech, pharma, UK energy, and affiliate advertising/publisher networks. Strong focus on backend engineering, distributed architectures, performance, and reliability.

Experience with designing and implementing backend services with distributed data processing
Experience with modern languages and frameworks such as Python, SQL, TypeScript, FastAPI, Flask, Django, OpenAPI, and Django Rest Framework
Advanced knowledge of databases (relational/NoSQL) such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, Datastore, and BigQuery
Solid knowledge of web security, industry standards, and best practices


Backend languages: Python
Frontend: Angular 5/6, Typescript
Python Frameworks: FastAPI, Flask, Django, Django Rest Framework, Webapp2, Google Cloud Endpoints, Google Secure Scaffold
Data processing: Airflow, Apache Beam, Cloud Dataflow
IaaS: Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Amazon Web Services (AWS)
PaaS: Google Appengine
CVS/CI: GIT, Jenkins, Gitlab, GitHub
Provisioning/Configuration: Terraform, Ansible, Salt
Caching: Memcached, Varnish, Redis
Databases Relational and NoSQL: PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, Cloud Datastore, BigQuery, BigTable
CMS: Wagtail CMS
Project Management: JIRA
Browser Testing: Selenium, Browserstack, Chrome Headless, Lighthouse
Other Tools: Vagrant, Docker
Google specific: Experience in building on their monorepo using internal tools and processes (google3, Critique, Blaze, internal CI, Ariane, internal reporting suite, internal SQL engines, and others).

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Wayward
Jan 2025 – Present
Hyphensocial was acquired by Wayward.

Architected and evolved the core system to support non-Amazon products, multiple marketplaces, and publisher-prescribed products.

Designed and developed a Publisher API for content ingestion, including articles and product data.

Conducted monetization research and partner evaluations with NucleusLinks, Sovrn, and Traject Data, providing insights to inform business and product strategy.

Implemented cross-marketplace product-matching logic to support monetization efforts.

Contributed to infrastructure design and scalability improvements.

### Senior Software Engineer @ Hyphensocial
Jan 2024 – Jan 2025
- Led the development of key projects around Hyphensocial Portal and Content Connections, ensuring scalability, stability, and maintainability.
- Established best practices for development, including coding standards, unit testing, and scalable architecture.
- Mentored the development team, enhancing code quality and cultivating a culture of technical excellence.
- Led and implemented billing and payment operations, including Stripe integration, while advising the business on taxation, fees, and compliance to ensure efficient and scalable financial processes.

### Senior Software Engineer @ Beyond
Jan 2019 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco Bay Area
- Served as tech lead in several internal Google projects: responsible for designing, planning, implementing new systems, and helping clients with internal stakeholders
- Managed migration of an internal platform to Python 3, from a monolith to a microservices architecture
- Implemented backend services using Google internal tools and processes
- Created reporting dashboards for Google marketing leaders to take insights into the learning progress of their organizations and learning programs

Technologies: Python 3, FastAPI, Flask, AppEngine, Datastore, BigQuery, ElasticSearch, Redis, Google Kubernetes Engine, Google Cloud Composer (Apache Airflow), Dataflow (Apache Beam), and Terraform

Google-specific Technologies: google3 piper monorepo, Critique, Blaze, internal CI, internal reporting suite, internal SQL engines, and others

### Senior Software Engineer @ Beyond
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | London, United Kingdom
Responsible for the development of an internal platform.
Technical point of contact.

- Python, Angular, BigQuery standard SQL
- Big data processing
- Big data analysis
- Parallel processing with MapReduce pipelines

Python, Google AppEngine, BigQuery, Datastore, Google Cloud Endpoints

### Python Fintech @ Limejump Ltd
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | London, United Kingdom
- Implemented a modern Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) quote tool to replace the manual quote process previously used by the sales team, driving a profit margin with all new quotes
- Implemented the backend using Python, Django, EKS, and the front end using TypeScript and Angular

Technologies: Python 3, Django, DRF, Angular, TypeScript, aiohttp, AWS EKS, and PostgreSQL

### Contract Backend Developer via Beyond @ Google
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | London, United Kingdom
Responsible for the development of an internal platform.
- Python, Angular
- Google AppEngine, Datastore, BigQuery, Google Search API, Google Cloud Endpoints
- Parallel processing with MapReduce/appengine-pipelines

### Backend Team Lead @ Beyond
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | New York City
- Served as Lead Backend developer on projects for Fortune 500 clients such as Novartis, Google, and Facebook
- Worked in multidisciplinary product teams (UX, design, content) 
- Designed solutions from a technical perspective
- Acted as technical point of contact for stakeholders
- Managed two Backend Developers; Mentored junior developers to be fully autonomous with their projects
- Supervised the deployment of live code and client consultations and was responsible for technology architecture decisions

Technologies: AWS, GCP, Python, Django, Django Rest Framework, webapp2, Datastore, MySQL, AppEngine, Google Cloud Endpoints, queues, Memcache, Wagtail, Django CMS, Drupal, Varnish, Elasticsearch, Ansible

### Backend Developer @ Beyond
Jan 2013 – Jan 2016 | London, England, United Kingdom
Software engineer delivering projects for Fortune 500 clients as Novartis, Google, and
Facebook

● Worked in multidisciplinary product teams (UX, design, content)
● Designed solutions from a technical perspective
● Tech lead on the product development as well as the point of contact for stakeholders
● Managed and directed Backend Developers; Mentored junior developers to be fully
autonomous with their projects
● Supervised the deployment of live code and client consultations and was responsible
for technology architecture decisions

Main technologies used: AWS, GCP, Python, Django, Django Rest Framework,
webapp2, Datastore, MySQL, AppEngine, Google Cloud Endpoints, queues,
Memcache, Wagtail, Django CMS, Drupal, Varnish, Elasticsearch, Ansible

### Web Engineer @ BrandMyMail (Startup)
Jan 2011 – Jan 2013 | Funchal, Madeira Island, Portugal
- Worked on Backend/frontend development using Python, Django, JQuery, HTML5, and CSS
- Implemented more than 30 platform plugins that required integration with third-party services APIs
- Implemented premium features for customers such as email open/click tracking, click statistics dashboard
- Responsible for integrating recurring payments for individual/corporate premium accounts
- Consolidated the Chrome/Firefox extensions in a single codebase reducing the maintenance and lines of code by 50%
- Modernized the infrastructure scripts by using Ansible resulting in more reliable deployments

Technologies: AWS, Python, Django, PostgreSQL, Linux

### SAWA developer @ M-ITI SAWA
Jan 2010 – Jan 2010
Implementation of a platform for collecting sensor data in real-time and actuation.


## Education
### MSc in Computer Science and Engineering
Universidade da Madeira

### BSc in Computer Science and Engineering
Universidade da Madeira

### High School in Informatics Technological Course
Liceu Jaime Moniz


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/salvadorfaria
- Website: https://metaclass.dev/about/

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Last updated: 2026-04-01