Manuel Leon

Manuel Leon has a diverse work experience spanning over a decade. Manuel is currently working as the Chief Architect at Merlyn Mind since August 2022. Prior to that, they worked at Eventbrite as a Senior Principal Software Engineer from December 2021 to August 2022, and as a Principal Software Engineer from June 2021 to December 2021.

Before their time at Eventbrite, Manuel worked at Amazon, where they held multiple roles. Manuel was a Senior Software Development Engineer for Kindle from May 2020 to June 2021. Prior to that, they served as a Senior Software Development Engineer for Amazon AWS from December 2018 to May 2020. Their most notable role at Amazon was as a Senior Software Development Engineer for Alexa, where they worked for more than 2 years on projects involving the Alexa OS and cloud services. During this period, they led projects related to the cloud infrastructure of the Alexa Presentation Language (APL), directives API, and gaming through HTML skills. Manuel also worked as a Software Development Engineer for Amazon Business from July 2014 to September 2016, contributing to its initial development and substantial growth.

Manuel's earlier work experience includes positions at the Applied Software Engineering Research Group. Manuel served as a Java Architect and Software Engineering Lead from March 2012 to June 2014, where they analyzed business processes in the PCI security standards field, designed architectures for Java-based projects, and led a team of developers. Manuel also worked as a Software Engineer from June 2010 to June 2014, handling design, analysis, and programming tasks across multiple projects with different technologies, while dealing with complex scenarios and problems.

In summary, Manuel Leon has a strong background in software development and architecture, with expertise in various technologies and a track record of leading and contributing to successful projects in companies like Merlyn Mind, Eventbrite, Amazon, and the Applied Software Engineering Research Group.

Manuel Leon obtained their Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the Universidad de Sevilla in the period of 2007 to 2010. Later, they pursued their Master of Science degree in Computer Software Engineering from the same university from 2011 to 2012.