Federico Carrizo broke into the technology space by proving his technical capabilities in a programming contest hosted by Google in the LATAM region. His impressive display in the competition wowed the judges, helping him stand out from the competition and secure an internship at the company later that year. His position at Google came after Federico spent years as a freelance developer, mastering Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP5.
Though he had a strong technical foundation, Federico's internship at Google helped advance his career in a new way. He was getting exposure on a global scale, understanding the inner workings of the Silicon Valley tech scene, and developing advanced engineering skills that would open his career up to new opportunities. After completing the internship, Federico continued his work at Playtown S.A. as a technical leader and full-stack developer.
During his nearly five years at Playtown, Federico mastered front-end technologies in addition to the engineering skills he had developed prior to this role. He focused much of his time on HTML5, CSS3, AngularJS, and Ionic. Playtown was also Federico's first exposure to managing a technical team, something that isa second nature to him now. Federico's approach to leadership offers the perfect blend of hands-on support combined with allowing his teams to try and learn from their failures. In the end they grow and become very proficient and successful.
In recent years, Federico's career has been full of remarkable accomplishments. In early 2020, Federico took a role as an engineering manager at Ualá. It is one of the largest and most revolutionary fintech companies operating currently in LATAM. The application created by the company allows its users to make payments at partner stores, transfer money, invest, and track their finances with ease. Before Ualá, these functions were not available in much of the region, and if they were, it was fragmented, hard to use, and lacked uniformity. Under Federico's leadership, Ualá began changing the personal finance approach for residents of many countries in the region.
Federico was responsible for the success of more than 50 engineers working diligently in the fintech space, bringing the digital financial landscape shared by most of the world to LATAM. When Federico was first brought on board, the back-end development team at Ualá consisted of just a few people; he worked to scale the size of the team to meet customer demand, while still maintaining the quality work that the organization had become known for.
Currently, Federico is the director of engineering at Treinta, a technical solution for business owners that helps them run their businesses, stock inventory, manage finances, create virtual catalogs, and track sales. Treinta is currently the fastest-growing startup in LATAM, and Federico has played a major role in making that happen. Building out the entire engineering team to 80+ people took industry knowledge, technical skills, and unmatched leadership, but Federico met the challenge.
Treinta participated in the 2021 batch of the YCombinator, raising $60 million during the seed and the series A funding rounds . These were the two most successful rounds of funding in LATAM history, enabling Treinta to serve one million micro-businesses in the region. To pull off the development of such a robust application that offers its clients a nearly endless range of services for little to no cost, the engineering team had to be top-notch, but of course, Federico delivered.
His leadership skills have become even more important than his technical skills at this point in his career, but Federico will never stop loving the process of bringing new technology to life. Now, he gets to do it by supporting teams of talented engineers, serving as a business partner, and shaping the future of the organizations he serves.
