Senior Engineering Manager, Data @ FINN ยท Building data platforms that actually work
๐ ๐ต๐น Portuguese, living in ๐ณ๐ฑ Utrecht ยท 12 years wrangling data
name: Andrรฉ Santos
located_in: Utrecht, Netherlands
from: Portugal
job: Senior Engineering Manager, Data
company: FINN
past_companies: [Coolblue]
experience: 12+ years in data & engineering
garage:
- Yamaha Super Tรฉnรฉrรฉ XT1200ZE # the adventure beast
- Yamaha TDM850 # the all-rounder
- Honda CB500 (1994) # the classic
hobbies: [mototouring, simracing, gaming, reading]
fun_fact: >
Once rode 1200km in 16 hours on my motorbike.
Coffee stops don't count as breaks.Obsessed with the intersection of AI and Data โ bringing AI assistants from "cool demo" to something people actually rely on every day at work. The hard part isn't the AI, it's making it reliable, observable, and wired into the data that matters.
Data platforms should be invisible. AI assistants should be indispensable.
๐๏ธ If I'm not responding, I'm probably on a ride somewhere.