Hernan Albano

Hi, I'm Hernan

15+ years building products and leading people's careers. I help founders ship MVPs that users love—and professionals break through to their next level. From Customer.io to 4,000+ clients at Pymo, I bring the technical skills and strategic mindset to build the right thing, fast.

Turn your idea into a launched product—or accelerate to your next career level

Choose the right tools, focus on what matters, and minimize risk with an engineering perspective from someone who's scaled products bootstrapped to 4,000+ users

Work with me

// What people say

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// Work Experience

Mobile Lead

Zip Moving Software is a company focused on building tools that empower small to medium moving businesses

  • Partnered closely with CTO Vineet Thanedar to refine Mobile user flows and deliver a more intuitive, cohesive product experience
  • Led mobile product development, balancing speed, usability, and long-term maintainability
  • Applied a product and UI/UX mindset to craft a scalable design system using Nativewind and React Native Reusables

Board Member & Advisor | Co-Founder

  • Planning and discussing strategy every week with the board and co-founding team.
  • Focusing on expansion to Paraguay, capturing more users on the existing market, and launching add-ons to the basic plan.

COO | Engineer | Co-Founder

  • Onboarded +3,500 satisfied clients with 95%+ satisfaction.
  • Automated operational processes, reducing onboarding time by 75% during 1,000% growth.
  • Built the Frontend (Angular) and Backend (Rails) and managed a 10-person team.

Senior Frontend Engineer

  • Improved UX/UI patterns and DX, boosting In-App message creation and adoption scores.
  • Led the implementation of flexible, auto-layout columns for a multiplatform visual editor (based on parcel.io - customer.io acquisition).
  • Enhanced Web Vitals (reduced load times by 30%) and introduced Prettier, linters, automated tests, and TypeScript to an existing In-App messaging creation codebase.

Senior Mobile & Web Engineer

  • Led a team to build EMS, a React Native app generating millions in revenue.
  • Worked on multiple in-house products, including "Don't Pester," a smart home app.

Engineering Manager & Mobile Engineer

  • Aligned product direction with iPlayMe2's CEO.
  • Led a cross-functional team of 9, managing daily standups, sprint planning, and retrospectives.

Partner & iOS Engineer

Linguoo
  • Developed Linguoo's iOS app from scratch and maintained it for years.
  • Led to participation in European startup accelerator programs (HubRaum, NextStep Challenge).

// Skills

Languages

TypeScript, JavaScript, Node.js, Ruby, Python

Frameworks

React, React Native, Redux, Next.js, Rails, Django, Angular

Tools & Platforms

AWS, Docker, GitHub Actions, Postman, Figma

Databases

PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB

Design

UX/UI Design, Figma, Design Systems

Spoken Languages

English (C1), Spanish (Native), Portuguese (B2)