Tiago Costa
About Tiago Costa
Tiago Costa is an Engineering Manager at Talkdesk and Area C1 Director at Toastmasters International - District 107, with a background in e-commerce and extensive experience in ETL services and NoSQL technology.
Current Roles at Toastmasters International and Talkdesk
Tiago Costa is currently serving as the Area C1 Director for Toastmasters International - District 107 in Porto e Região, Portugal. Simultaneously, he holds the position of Engineering Manager at Talkdesk in Portugal where he focuses on the Outbound Dialing product.
Previous Experience at Farfetch and Other Companies
Before his current roles, Tiago Costa worked at FARFETCH as an Engineering Lead for five years, contributing to features like 90 minutes delivery and platform geo-distributing revolution. He also worked on making the platform auto-scalable and enabling promotional landing functionalities. Earlier, he was a PHP Developer at Porto Tech Center and served as an intern at Cronobits and AuditMark.
Educational Background in Engineering
Tiago Costa completed his postgraduate studies in Arquitecturas, Sistemas e Redes at Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto from 2014 to 2019. He also holds a Licentiate degree in Engenharia de Computação from the same institution, which he earned between 2010 and 2014. Prior to that, he studied at Colegio Internato Dos Carvalhos and E B 2 3 Argoncilhe.
Technical Skills and Industry Focus
With almost eight years in the e-commerce industry, Tiago Costa has focused on developing and maintaining ETL services, working with NoSQL technology for search engines and API read models. His tech stack includes C# .Net, SQL Server, ElasticSearch, Cassandra, RabbitMQ, Kafka, and Docker. He is passionate about programming challenges and ETLs more than creating UIs.
Positions at Oporto Toastmasters Club
In addition to his professional roles, Tiago Costa has contributed to the Oporto Toastmasters Club as the Immediate Past President. His involvement with Toastmasters exemplifies his commitment to personal and professional development, communication, and leadership.