Engineering Manager based in Brussels, Belgium, originally from Porto, Portugal.
I build reliable systems and grow engineering teams. I've done this from Porto to London to Brussels, 7 countries total, usually while figuring out a new language and where to get decent tea.
A minimal personal website embracing hygge editorial minimalism. Built with Hugo, designed for clarity and calm.
Design principles:
- Typography-first content hierarchy
- Warm, off-white backgrounds (#fffcf5)
- Generous whitespace
- No clutter, no SaaS vibes
Engineering Manager at Harvest (Jan 2023 - Present) Leading distributed SRE & Product teams through acquisition.
Key achievements:
- $240K/year in cloud savings
- 99.95% uptime
- Led teams through acquisition
- Website: migueldavid.eu
- X/Twitter: @migueldavidx
- Bluesky: @migueldavid.eu
- GitHub: @minac
- LinkedIn: /in/migueldavid
Built with Hugo (v0.155.2+), deployed as static site. Content managed through JSON data files for easy updates without touching code.
Local development:
hugo server # http://localhost:1313Build:
hugo # Outputs to public/