So, who the heck is this guy?

Engineering Manager @Technosylva

Alejandro Pena Lorenzo at the Grand Canyon

đź‘‹ Hi there! I'm Alex

I'm an Engineering Manager at Technosylva, working remotely from Galicia ❤️ (Spain). I lead the engineering team behind FireRisk, a multi-tenant SaaS platform for wildfire risk intelligence and operational response. My focus is on growing the team, our architecture and how we deliver, while keeping close to the code.

Before that, I spent seven years at Sngular. Most recently as Principal Engineer, heading platform architecture and modernization on GCP for a joint venture product, and as Backend and Quality Engineering Chapter Lead, supporting engineering teams and shaping technical proposals across the organization. Earlier, from the US side of the business, I led engineering for major financial institutions: real-time stock exchange applications powered by Kafka, enterprise MFA login infrastructures, and quality practices adopted and scaled across massive organizations.

That enterprise experience deeply connected me with Contract Testing. It led to a collaboration with SmartBear around their Swagger Contract Testing product (formerly PactFlow) and became the foundation for much of what I wrote when I started with technical articles. I hope you enjoy exploring those as well as new topics.

Thanks for visiting!

Work experience

Engineering Manager
Technosylva · Remote, Spain
Jan 2026 - Present

Lead the engineering team for FireRisk, a multi-tenant SaaS platform for wildfire risk and operational response, serving utilities and fire agencies. Drive team growth, delivery practices and platform architecture, while still contributing to the codebase.

Principal Engineer | Chapter Lead
Sngular · Spain & US
2019 - 2026

Led engineering for a joint venture product, defining platform architecture, observability, and modernization strategy on GCP, while leading the Backend & QE chapters across teams. Previously, based in the US, led engineering for major financial clients (Freddie Mac, Capital One, PNC Bank): contract testing at enterprise scale, cybersecurity MFA platforms, and real-time Kafka applications.

Earlier roles
8+ years in software engineering

Progressive experience from developer to tech lead across document management, workflow automation, and enterprise applications. See full history on LinkedIn.

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
Universidade da Coruña, Spain
2009

Associate's Degree in Telecommunications and Computer Systems
IES Urbano Lugrís, A Coruña, Spain
2003