Daniel Rocha Consulting & Advising

Engineering leadership & technical advisory to help teams scale, ship with quality, and make better technical decisions. 18 years of experience shipping highly scaled consumer products in the AI and Search space.

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What I do

How I help

Engineering leadership & org scale

Org design & scaling strategy
Leadership development (EMs → VPs)
Lightweight process & quality frameworks
Executive alignment on goals & roadmaps

Product & technical guidance

AI/LLM integration into user flows
Search & relevance (ranking, IR)
Experimentation & evaluation design
Scaling platforms & infra trade-offs

Ways to work together

Project-based review — scoped audit or integration review with a one-page actionable summary.
Advisory retainer — priority access for execs; periodic check-ins and async reviews.
Applied 1:1 advising — short, situational sessions grounded in your team’s real work.

About Daniel

Former Senior Director of Engineering at Google, 17 years in Search & News. I’ve led cross-functional teams of 300+ and worked on ranking, large-scale experimentation, and integrating novel algorithms into real products. Now based in Lisbon, I partner with founders and exec teams to scale engineering while keeping quality high.

Contact

Tell me a bit about your company and what you’re hoping to tackle. I’ll reply quickly.

Or email me directly: danielamaral@gmail.com