// Engineering Leadership at Scale

Alejandro
Sanchez-
Giraldo

Engineering quality as a collective responsibility. 18+ years building engineering capabilities across Telco, Airlines, FinServ, InsurTech & AgriTech — from enterprise to startup.

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Quality Engineering Observability DevSecOps AI & Prompt Engineering SRE Practices Product Owner for Quality Platform Engineering CI/CD Pipelines Community & Conferences Quality Engineering Observability DevSecOps AI & Prompt Engineering SRE Practices Product Owner for Quality Platform Engineering CI/CD Pipelines Community & Conferences
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01 — About

Engineering
Excellence,
By Design

I am an accomplished Product Owner for Quality with a profound dedication to embedding engineering excellence into all aspects of my work. I firmly believe that quality is a collective responsibility — not a gate at the end of a pipeline.

Over 18+ years I've built engineering capabilities across diverse industries, developing a versatile skill set that adapts to unique organisational landscapes. I actively pursue emerging fields including AI, Prompt Engineering, Observability, and Community engagement.

I champion data-driven decision-making as the essential influencer for any product's success — and I thrive on collaborating with teams to foster cultures rooted in exceptional standards.

18+ Years of Engineering Experience
7+ Industries Across Enterprise & Startup
Commitment to Quality Culture

Certifications & Credentials

Dynatrace Associate GitHub Actions - Automation GitHub Actions - CI Datadog LLM Observability Proficiency 2026 Datadog Log Management Fundamentals 2026 LaunchDarkly Gold

02 — Capabilities

What
I Do


01-QE

Quality Engineering

StrategyRoadmaps Shift-LeftTDD/BDD QA CultureSelf-Service

02-OBS

Observability

APMLogging TracingMetrics GrafanaDatadog OpenTelemetry

03-AI

AI & Automation

Prompt EngineeringAgentic AI AI Test GenLLMs GitHub Copilot

04-DEVSEC

DevSecOps

CI/CDGitHub Actions Security GatesCompliance SAST/DAST

05-LEAD

Leadership & Product

Product OwnerTeam Building MentoringRoadmaps Stakeholders

06-CMT

Community & Speaking

ConferencesWorkshops PublicationsMentoring Open Source

03 — Sector Experience

Industries
Served


04 — Key Achievements

Built to
Last


📈

Strategic QE Roadmaps

Created and delivered strategic roadmaps to evolve organisations from testing services into full Quality Engineering capabilities.

🙋

High-Performing Teams

Led and developed cross-functional teams towards building quality directly into their delivery processes — not bolted on at the end.

🛠️

DevSecOps Self-Service

Explored and implemented DevSecOps tooling to enable developer self-service for quality capabilities, reducing bottlenecks at scale.

👁️

Observability at Scale

Strengthened observability practices across engineering orgs — enabling faster feedback loops, more secure systems, and data-driven decisions.

05 — Contact

Ready to
Build
Something
Great?