About

Aldo Garcia is a Software Development Manager at Amazon with almost a decade of relevant experience in the field. He is an accomplished leader with a proven track record of building and managing high-performing engineering teams. Prior to joining Amazon, Aldo worked at Squarespace where he started as an individual contributor on the team responsible for building a data warehouse, analytics datasets, and custom applications. He was later promoted to Engineering Manager, managing 17+ engineers across 5 teams. In this role, he recruited, retained, and grew top engineering talent for Data, Internal Products, and Growth Products. He also revamped the interview process to better define competencies, improve candidate experience, and reduce bias. Aldo was a key contributor to the creation of the “Do It For Me Marketplace”, a product for a new customer segment. He led product discovery, architecture, and initial testing and oversaw expansion from MVP to a new product offering. He also oversaw the expansion of business-focused engineering teams through a consulting-like model to dedicated teams for Finance, Customer Operations, and Marketing. Aldo's tech stack includes Flask, Django, Spring, Airflow, React, Hive, HDFS, Postgres, Kubernetes, Python, and Javascript. He holds a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Cornell University. In summary, Aldo is a highly skilled and experienced Software Development Manager with a strong background in building and managing high-performing engineering teams. He has a proven track record of delivering successful products and solutions and is skilled in a range of technologies and tools.