Performing Remote

Founder

PixMob

Director of Engineering

Nicolas Cava

I'm looking for a long-term relationship with a distributed SaaS business. I'm available right now for full-time permanent employment.

I can speak English or French and work from anywhere.

My expertise:

- Engineering management
- People management
- Strategic planning
- Project execution
- Systems and processes
- Distributed work
- Culture building
- Incident management
- Hiring and onboarding talents

Please connect with me and discuss how we can win together.

Engineering Manager

Zendesk

Zendesk is a large public enterprise with 5500+ employees distributed worldwide. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, US.

Industry: customer experience and instant messaging tech.

Responsible for:

→ Lead distributed software teams of up to 14 people.
→ Build core messaging capabilities for Zendesk products.
→ Contribute to the high-end conversational CX strategy.
→ Provide the API, conversation store, message routing, and orchestration pipeline.
→ Provide all the logic and integrations to operate in social channels.
→ Lead weekly tech talks.

Tech stack:

→ React
→ Node.js, Express, Ruby
→ MongoDB, Redis, DynamoDB, RabbitMQ, Kafka
→ Terraform, Istio, AWS
→ Spinnaker

PixMob was a bootstrapped company with 80+ employees distributed worldwide in the event industry. The company was headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Industry: event management tech.

Responsible for:

→ Led the software engineering department composed of 10 employees across two continents.
→ Contributed to human-centric experiences, light shows, and corporate event activities.
→ Built edge computing, cloud computing, and high-availability data processing.
→ Built products on top of cutting-edge hardware infrastructure.
→ Supported decentralized authority and execution freedom.
→ Built an async-first culture with an emphasis on writing communication and documentation.
→ Organized 4-week development cycles with shaping, betting, and execution.
→ Provided individual development, coaching, and connections building.
→ Co-led a successful M&A by Bizzabo.

Tech stack:

→ React, React Native, Swift, Kotlin
→ Python
→ MongoDB, Redis, InfluxDB, Elasticsearch
→ Terraform, Nomad, Consul, Google Cloud
→ GitLab CI/CD

Swile

Swile was a VC-funded fintech startup (30M Series A, 70M Series B) with 300 employees distributed in France. The company was headquartered in Montpellier, France.

Industry: fintech.

Responsible for:

→ Led a distributed software team of 10 employees.
→ Built a B2B2C product with banking features, mobile, and web payments.
→ Built bank accounts, transfers, credit card management, and P2P payments.
→ Also built money pots, KYC and compliance, and charity donations.
→ Provided autonomy, ownership, decentralized authority, and execution freedom.
→ Built an async-first culture with a focus on written communication and documentation.
→ Provided individual development, coaching, and connections building.

Tech stack:

→ React, TypeScript, Kotlin, Swift
→ Ruby on Rails, Node.js, GraphQL
→ PostgreSQL, Kafka, Redis
→ AWS, Confluent
→ CircleCI, Bitrise

Swile was a VC-funded fintech startup (30M Series A, 70M Series B) with 300 employees distributed in France. The company was headquartered in Montpellier, France.

Industry: fintech.

Responsible for:

→ Member of a cross-functional and distributed software team.
→ Led a distributed team of 10 employees part-time.
→ Built a B2B2C product for employees and administrators in SMB and mid-market.
→ Built meal voucher credits, credit card orders, and employee management.
→ Also built onboarding, off-boarding, bank accounts, and credit card payments.

Tech stack:

→ React, JavaScript, TypeScript
→ Ruby on Rails
→ PostgreSQL, Redis
→ Heroku, AWS
→ Semaphore

Senior Software Engineer

Maple Inside

Maple Inside was a funded startup studio (2M seed) with 20 employees distributed worldwide. The company was headquartered in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.

Industry: fintech and adtech.

Responsible for:

→ Co-founded the company with former colleagues.
→ Led a distributed team of 10 employees as head of product development.
→ Bootstrapped business ideas by building MVPs quickly to reach market pull.
→ Profitable products were incorporated into companies with hired founders.
→ Built products in the adtech, sharing economy, and fintech industries.
→ We grew the business to 1M ARR.
→ Had to close operations in 2018 as we consumed our runway.
→ A few companies emerged from the studio and are still in business.

Tech stack:

→ React, React Native, TypeScript
→ Node.js, GraphQL, Python
→ MySQL, Redis
→ AWS, Google Cloud
→ CircleCI

Co-Founder & CTO

PetalMD

PetalMD was a VC-funded healthtech startup with 100 employees distributed in Canada. The company was headquartered in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.

Industry: healthtech.

Responsible for:

→ Member of a cross-functional software team.
→ Built a B2B product for physicians and healthcare facilities.
→ Also built online management, communication, and planning tools for physicians.

Tech stack:

→ JavaScript, CoffeeScript, Angular
→ Ruby on Rails
→ PostgreSQL, Redis, Elasticsearch, Pusher
→ Heroku
→ Jenkins

Crakmedia

Crakmedia was a bootstrapped adtech startup with 250 employees distributed in Canada. The company was headquartered in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.

Industry: adtech.

Responsible for:

→ Led a front-end team of 10 employees.
→ Built an affiliate marketing platform supporting billions of daily hits.
→ Also built media buying, advertising platforms, traffic analytics, and offer management.
→ Also built big data processing and data science software.
→ Refactored a huge monolithic to a microservices architecture.
→ Provided individual development, coaching, and connections building.
→ Designed software architecture and technology strategies.
→ Led product analytics and application performance initiatives.

Tech stack:

→ JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Redux
→ Node.js, PHP, Symfony, Express
→ MySQL, Redis, Vertica
→ AWS
→ Bamboo

Front-end Technical Lead

I help remote leaders who are overwhelmed by their workload leave chaos by empowering people and improving self-discipline through the Performing Remote OS. | Fractional Engineering Leader, Coach

I'm a passionate people-first Engineering Manager with 12y+ of experience leading distributed teams for renowned SaaS businesses like Zendesk and Swile in AMER and EMEA.

I'm also a social entrepreneur who cares about positively impacting people and society. My personality type is ESTJ-A, and I'm a systems thinker with strong organizational and self-discipline skills.

My core values are contribution, growth, discipline, justice, transparency, and resilience. I'm also a father, gamer, remote work advocate, traveler, content creator, and developer, which I consider my identity stack.

My backstory is that I burned out in 2018, and remote work saved my life. Since then, I have strived to become the best remote leader I can be for my people and show that we can build exceptional distributed businesses by putting people first and providing opportunities for anyone from anywhere. I also share my journey in public with vulnerability and authenticity to help as many people as possible.

I post daily about remote leadership and personal development. I'm also building the Performing Remote OS, a system I use as a remote leader.

My credentials:

- 12+ years in distributed SaaS businesses in AMER and EMEA
- 10+ years as a successful leader of distributed engineering teams
- Dealt with 525% employee growth over 2 years
- Supervised 76 talents across 4 continents
- Co-founded and scaled a startup studio to 80K+ MRR in 3 years
- 94K+ paying customers in a B2B product
- Led a technical due diligence for a $13.5M M&A
- 6000+ workers supported in the Digital First Crew at Zendesk
- Led competitive virtual gaming teams of up to 40 individuals for 5 years
- 12+ years as a remote worker

Where to start:

- Follow me to receive my daily content
- Connect and DM me for more
- Book a free discovery call: https://www.nicolascava.com/discovery
- Send me an email: hello@nicolascava.com

Rita Mendes

Alts Digital

Head of People & Culture

Alts Digital is a fast-growing and results-driven company that acquires new customers for leading brands in the iGaming and financial industries. Although it’s based in Portugal, it’s 100% remote. 
“We power forward-thinking companies, connecting them with high-intent users.”

Responsible for the strategy in all People matters: 
- (Pre)-Onboarding and offboarding; 
- Recruitment
- Culture and engagement;
- Performance Management (top performance, underperformance);
- Team Bonding and Events;
- Compensation and Benefits;
- Coaching and mentoring managers;
- HR point of contact with employees in all HR domains;
- Team Lead of 4 colleagues (3 Talent Acquisition Specialists and 1 People Ops Specialist)

Tools: Notion, Recruitee, Leapsome, Deel, Timetastic

People and Culture Manager

Rita Mendes - Psicologia e Coaching

- Individual Sessions: Conduct psychological coaching sessions focused on career development and personal growth.
- Consulting: Review CVs and support clients in preparing for job interviews.
- Intervision: Peer supervision and case discussions within the field of Work and Organizational Psychology.
- Lecturer: Deliver lectures to university students on CV writing, interview techniques, and career development strategies.

https://ritamendes.webflow.io/
Areas: Coaching Psychology. Career Coaching, Executive Coaching

Psicóloga Coach

Nmbrs BV

I am part of the Employee Experience team, responsible to provide the best experience ever during a hiring process to a Nmbrs candidate :) Both Lisbon and Amsterdam offices, in Tech, Business (Sales and Marketing) and Organisational roles.

- Responsible for the full cycle of the recruitment process (from job analysis, talent sourcing to offer). 
- Collaborate with Employer Branding to ensure we target and attract the right talent for Nmbrs. Co-organised our presence in Job Fairs in NL and PT
- Collaborative Hiring: work with internal stakeholders in order to ensure we always hire the right people
- Responsible for giving recruitment training to recruitment stakeholders
- Candidate Experience: Ensure we provide the best experience to our candidates and we empower them during the process
- HR Analytics: monthly reporting and analysis of recruitment results so we can continuous improve
- Manage and create new external partnerships (recruitment agencies, tools, software, etc..) 
- Create content around Recruitment and Candidate Experience together with Employer Branding
- Mentoring, teaching and supporting the HR Recruitment Interns
- Others: Co-responsible for creating and maintain our salary structure. Co-responsible for creating initiatives to foster Employee Engagement during Covid-19 times

Recruitment Lead

Landing.jobs

Landing.jobs is a marketplace for tech recruitment. 
I was responsible for the Portugal Team (from March 2016-June 2017) and the Talent Development team (June 2017-January 2018). We were responsible to support and advocate Tech Professionals in their career choices. 

In my time at Landing.jobs I also:
- Promoted Landing.jobs openings to our tech candidates
- Did Account Management to a pipeline of Portuguese clients (e.g.: Feedzai, Farfetch, Veniam, etc.)
- Sourced and interviewed candidates to our job opportunities
- Mentored talent with their job Search / Hiring Processes / Tech Recruitment market insights
- Supported Candidates in their career change

Talent Development Lead

We’re a European jobs marketplace for the tech sector, matching the best candidates with curated startups and tech firms.

We verify all job openings within companies to make sure there are no ghost listings wasting candidates’ time, and we offer paid peer referrals to our highly skilled members who know their networks better than recruiters ever could.

Main Responsibilities:
- Advocating Talent 
- Talent Sourcing / Tech Recruitment 
- Account Management (Startups, SMEs, Corporate companies)

Marketplace Manager

Elevus - People & Business Results

- IT Recruitment
- Executive Search
- Account Management
- Determine customers' human resources services needs and prepare proposals to sell services that address these needs.
- Contact prospective customers to present information and explain available services.
- Sell services such as recruitment, outplacement, training, consulting our assessment services.
- Prepare forms or agreements to complete sales..
- Interview applicants to obtain information on work history, training, education, and job skills.
- Contact applicants to inform them of employment possibilities, consideration, and selection.
- Conduct reference and background checks on applicants.
- Prepare and maintain employment records.

HR Specialist Consultant IT&Telcos

Psychologist who loves everything HR and people development. With more 10+years of work experience in recruitment and HR matters. I love to mentor and to help people. Strong believer that companies should be a place that foster psychological safety, collaboration and empowerment, so people can grow and feel empowered to help their workplaces to flourish with them. 

In private practice, I am a coaching psychologist and as a volunteer I am a People Manager at the online newspaper Espalha-Factos and I mentor Psychology students. 

Interests : Psychology, Selection, Candidate Experience, People Operations, Organisational Culture, People Analytics, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Tech, Broadcast and Media

Alts Digital is a fast-growing and results-driven company that acquires new customers for leading brands in the iGaming and financial industries. Although it’s based in Portugal, it’s 100% remote. 
“We power forward-thinking companies, connecting them with high-intent users.”

Responsible for the execution and strategy in all People matters: 
- (Pre)-Onboarding and offboarding; 
- Culture and engagement;
- Compensation and Benefits;
- Coaching and mentoring managers;
- HR point of contact with employees in all HR domains;
- Team Lead of a Recruitment Specialist.

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