23+ years of driving innovation, leading product and engineering teams across startups and large enterprises. Always bridging tech, business and people.
From Developer
to Executive,
building since 2003.
Passionate about problem solving. I got fascinated by programming as a kid and have been turning real business challenges into working software ever since - from a retail startup in Rio de Janeiro to leading engineering across Europe's largest retailers.

Career Summary

Led teams around the world
Built and scaled global tech organizations across Europe and Latin America, navigating cultures, time zones and business realities.

Built systems that scale
Hands-on with on-prem & cloud-native, from monolith to microservices or zero-downtime migrations. All for speed, scale and resilience.

Bruno Bonando
Bruno Digital
The boldest vision, the smartest strategy and the best tech, but without execution, means nothing. Real value happens when all of it moves together.
🧠 + 🤖
AI is at my core
Deep hands-on knowledge of LLMs, agent workflows, RAG pipelines and real-world AI tooling. Always tied to business value, automation and scale
Experience
What I have
been doing...
From founding software companies in Brazil, to advising largest retailers and startups in Europe.
2025 - Now
Advisory Board Member
anybill · Remote
Advisory Board Member at anybill, one of Europe's fastest-growing FinTech startups enabling retailers to issue digital receipts directly at checkout. I contribute focus on technology, FinTech and digital infrastructure to support the successful rollout of digital receipts at scale. The anybill solution integrates with merchant apps, wallets, banking and payment apps, bridging gaps across payment infrastructure end-to-end.
- Digital receipts at checkout
2024 - Now
Fractional CTO & Tech Advisor
Bruno Digital · Düsseldorf, Germany
Founded Bruno Digital, a CTO-as-a-Service practice. I help companies get AI from pilot to production - reliably, safely and observably. I provide hands-on technology leadership across strategy and delivery: AI strategy and agentic workflows, cloud and platform engineering on Kubernetes, data foundations for analytics and ML, and end-to-end digital and omnichannel transformation.
- Commerce & omnichannel transformation
- IT Strategy & Advisory
- Cloud & Platform Engineering
- AI & Automation
- Data Engineering & Analytics
2024 - 2025
Director of Technology, Customer Relations & Sales (interim)
REWE digital · Cologne, Germany
Oversaw every technology solution for the end-to-end customer journey - attracting, converting and retaining - across REWE's portfolio companies, reaching 12 million people daily and underpinning €93 billion in annual group turnover. Led multiple cross-functional product and engineering teams through strategic alignment, cross-domain initiatives and modernization of internal development and external vendors. Designed the long-term domain vision, integrated advanced analytics and customer data personalization for targeted marketing, and owned a yearly budget of tens of millions of euros.
- REWE Bonus
- Retail Media
- Data & AI
2022 - 2024
Vice President of Technology
MediaMarktSaturn · Munich, Germany
Owned technology across MediaMarktSaturn's physical stores and the Checkout & Payment platform processing over €22 billion a year. Directed an omnichannel transformation impacting 1,000+ stores in 11 countries, covering modern PoS, internal employee applications, customer digital touchpoints, goods management and same-day delivery. Led the modernization of core payment architecture in-store and online, supporting hundreds of checkouts per second through Black Friday and Cyber Week peaks. Contributed to the group cybersecurity program via the IT Steering Committee and Tech Board.
- Modern PoS
- Best Employee Applications Award
- Strong Internal Process Optimization
- AI Development
2020 - 2022
Director of Engineering
Cazoo · Munich, Germany
Drove Cazoo's European engineering expansion program, scaling toward 600 people in two years through multiple acquisitions and hiring across Barcelona, Lisbon, London and Munich. Orchestrated a serverless AWS platform with a strong microservice architecture to absorb systems from acquired businesses, and ran deep Salesforce integration that powered real-time business decisions. Led technology for the subscription business and contributed to the IT Board on cybersecurity, vendor management and multi-country strategy.
- Serverless AWS microservice platform
- Fastest hiring program ever
- Multiple acquisitions integrated
2018 - 2020
Head of Engineering
Userlane · Munich, Germany
Scaled an international engineering team and accelerated release cadence in a high-growth SaaS. Orchestrated a zero-downtime migration from AWS to Azure across a multi-region, multi-cluster Kubernetes environment without breaching a 99.995% SLA for 10M+ users. Engineered a high-traffic RabbitMQ messaging platform that supported 2x peak message volume, and led the shift from a pure PHP monolith to a container-based Node.js and React microservice architecture. The same platform still serves 37M+ users in 2025.
- Zero-downtime AWS → Azure migration
- Still serving 37M+ users in 2025
2015 - 2018
Chief Technology Officer
QG do Enem · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Architected and built a scalable online learning platform preparing students for Brazil's ENEM national exam, powered by AWS Lambda, Node.js, MongoDB and React. Directed product vision and technical strategy, delivering rapid user-base growth and keeping platform reliability above 99.99%. Cloud-native and serverless infrastructure kept costs modest while creating a clear competitive edge, leading to a successful acquisition in 2018.
- Scaled from 0 to 1m+ users
- First 100% serverless platform in Brazil
- Acquired in 2018
2003 - 2015
CEO & Founder
Bonandos · Brazil
Founded and built a retail software ecosystem covering PoS, stock, inventory, warehouse management, CRM and financial forecasting. Led strategic product development and operational execution to serve 800+ customers nationwide, scaling the company to 100 people with half the team remote. Guided Bonandos through a successful exit to private equity in 2015 after twelve years of hands-on leadership.
- Full Retail Ecosystem
- Private equity exit in 2015
How I Lead
“Tech is only as powerful as the people behind it. I build environments where ideas flow, teams win together and innovation becomes a habit.”
Communication over complexity
It all starts with a clear vision. I make sure everyone knows where we're going and how we'll get there - together.
Progress over perfection
I believe in momentum. One focused step at a time, but always moving forward. That's how real impact is made.
Trust over control
No space for micromanagement. I build teams with trust and give them the room to own, grow and shine.
What I Bring
Leadership that ships, not just advises.
Technology strategy and platform architecture
Cloud-native delivery on AWS, Azure and GCP
AI, LLMs, agent workflows and RAG pipelines
Digital commerce and retail technology at scale
Enterprise migration and legacy modernization
Cybersecurity, GDPR, NIS2 and ISO 27001
Team scaling, operating models and governance
Credentials
- MBA Project Management - FGV (2012)
- MBA Marketing - Uniabeu (2009)
- MBA Business Administration - Uniabeu (2007)
- BSc Information Technology - Uniabeu (2005)
Languages
Get in Touch
Connect
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