Diego Jancic
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Identity

Software Engineering Manager · Founder, LeapHubAI

Growing engineering
teams that ship
business value.

Customer-centric Head of Engineering. I build the operating model behind high-performing teams — hiring, levelling, SDLC, and the boring infrastructure that makes shipping feel inevitable.

@diegojancic
01 · Years building software
20+
02 · Engineers managed (peak)
35+
03 · Continents covered
6
[02]Recommendations · From colleagues and reports

Building teams,
across the globe.

Twelve recommendations from people I've worked with — from senior leaders to engineers I hired into their first role.

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[03]Writing · Latest essays

Notes on engineering,
leadership, and AI.

Short essays drawn from running teams, shipping AI products, and the trenches of software delivery.

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MAY 07, 2026

AI Speed Demands More Engineering Discipline, Not Less

Writing software by hand is like building a bike in your garage. Writing it with AI is like running a production line. The difference isn't just speed. It's that every module handoff has to be defined precisely, because nobody is left to fudge the seams.

AI/ML · 9 min read
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JAN 13, 2026

Automating Jira Ticket Creation with Claude and Atlassian MCP

Learn how to use Claude with the Atlassian MCP server to automate epic planning and Jira ticket creation while maintaining full control. Transform hours of repetitive work into minutes with a safe, review-based workflow.

AI/ML · 8 min read
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SEP 05, 2025

Better Late Than Never: My Book on Serverless with Python & AWS Lambda

Back in 2019, I started a personal project that eventually grew into a 192-page book on serverless web applications with Python and AWS Lambda. Here's why I'm sharing it now and what you'll find inside.

Python · 6 min read
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[04]Founder · Current Venture
Est. 2025 · Status — operating
LeapHubAI

Solid Engineering.
Supercharged by AI.

LeapHubAI helps companies embed AI into how they build, test, and ship software — not as a side project, but as a core part of their engineering culture and workflow.

We work alongside your team, deliver actionable results one workflow at a time, and build AI literacy — not just AI tools.

Visit LeapHubAI
[05]About · Bio & operating principles

Software engineering manager
with a finance brain.

20+ years in software development and engineering management. I specialize in building high-performing teams and scalable software. The finance background means I translate engineering decisions into business outcomes — and the other way around.

[01]Pillar

Engineering leadership

Leading distributed teams across 6 continents — high performance, high job satisfaction, low drama.

[02]Pillar

Full-stack development

.NET, C#, Python, React, applied AI, and a long list of databases. Still write code; still review code.

[03]Pillar

Cloud & infrastructure

AWS, serverless, IaC. The boring work that lets product teams move quickly without surprises.

[06]Work · Selected positions

Two decades of
shipping software.

From IC building distributed systems to managing teams that ship across six continents — most of it through compounding, boring discipline.

[01]
2021 — Present
Current

Engineering Manager

Zanda Health Pty Ltd (formerly Power Diary)
AI Leadership
Led, designed and developed an AI-powered note assistant — the most popular product feature, shipped in one month of planning plus nine days of build during an offsite.
Team Performance
Built a high-performing team with consistently high job satisfaction.
Operations
Spearheaded cross-department initiatives for 35+ engineers, driving 60% team growth in 6 months.
Talent
Reworked hiring loops, implemented structured career development plans, and coached managers and ICs.
Compliance
Directed ISO 27001, GDPR, UK GDPR, and HIPAA programs — policies, processes, controls, SDLC, evidence collection.
Global coordination
Managed a globally distributed team across 6 continents.
Previous roles · same company
Team ManagerJuly 2021 — July 2022
Senior Software EngineerFeb 2021 — July 2021
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2007 — 2021
14 yrs

Software Architect / Project Leader

Engineerica Systems Inc.
High-performance dev
Built robust ASP.NET web applications and background processing systems for production scale.
Python · ML
Shipped Python/Django projects and implemented ML solutions with Scikit-learn and Keras.
Serverless
Designed serverless pipelines for large-scale image and video processing.
Product
Owned product development cycles and AWS production deployments.
Team coordination
Led a multidisciplinary team of DBAs, designers, UX, and developers.
Earlier experience on LinkedIn
[07]Stack · Capability matrix

Tools and habits
I've actually shipped with.

No percentage bars — years and the kind of work I've done with each. Toggle for technical vs. management.

01
Backend
C# / ASP.NET
20 yrs
Production at scale
02
Frontend
TypeScript · React
12 yrs
Component systems
03
Data
SQL Server · PostgreSQL
20 yrs
Schema design, perf tuning
04
Cloud
AWS · Serverless
10 yrs
Lambda, S3, CloudFront
05
Cache
Redis · Memcached
8 yrs
Hot path / sessions
06
Backend (alt)
Python · Django
5 yrs
ML + web services
[08]Education · Background

Half finance,
half computer science.

Two degrees, a habit of reading research papers, and a long-standing belief that the best engineers think about cost and outcome before architecture.

Formal02 entries
Bachelor's in Finance
Argentine Business University (UADE)
2008 — 2012
Computer Science
Buenos Aires National University (UBA)
2006 — 2007
Continuingselected
Line Management Training
Impact Factory
2022
Scrum Workshop
2021
Machine Learning A-Z
Hands-on Python & R in Data Science
2017
All courses & talks
[09]Contact · Channels

Let's talk.
Hiring, advising, or just curious.

The fastest way to reach me is LinkedIn — I read every message. Engineering leadership, AI consulting, advising, and the occasional speaking invite all welcome.

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Location
Argentina · Chicago, USA