Juan Jose del Rio

Production Engineering Manager - Meta

London, UK · 2018 - Present

Built and led infrastructure engineering teams across multiple Meta orgs over 7+ years, managing 10+ engineers across two teams simultaneously, with multiple promotions from entry level to staff.

Current: Remote Infrastructure (led multi-year strategy replacing physical test devices with virtual alternatives, built collaboration with Reality Labs for VR/AR testing) and MacOS platform engineering (hardware and capacity strategy, navigated very large demand growth through efficiency alone, led next-generation hardware program from rack design through production).

Previous: Remote Execution (platform scaled > 50x, underpins Buck2 which halved build times, demand more than doubled half-over-half, reliability reached the top position across all DevInfra teams), EMEA site reliability across Facebook/Instagram/Messenger (50+ incident reviews), and Disaster Recovery. EMEA Production Engineering Intern Director (2021-2022, 2025), coached 7+ intern managers across 15+ interns. Active DevInfra incident manager.

Global Head of DevOps & Delivery Services - The Workshop

Malaga, Spain · 2016 - 2018

Led 25+ engineers across Spain, Philippines, UK, and South Korea. Reduced software delivery from hours/days to minutes with fully automated pipelines. Drove migration from pet VMs to Kubernetes. Led transition from CI to full Continuous Delivery.

Makati, Philippines · 2013 - 2016

Relocated to the Philippines. Promoted to lead a department of ~20 specialists across Asia and Europe. Owned the strategic roadmap for the company's delivery pipeline. Designed and delivered environments comprising thousands of servers.

Makati, Philippines · 2013

Relocated to the Philippines to take ownership of delivery operations in Asia. Managed the deployment function on the ground while coordinating with teams across Europe and South Korea.

London, UK · 2012 - 2013

Relocated to London to lead delivery operations for the European arm. Designed and delivered environments comprising hundreds of servers. Supervised engineers in Asia remotely.

Malaga, Spain · 2009 - 2012

Progressed through three roles in three years. Led the Bovada platform rebrand deployment - a 13% revenue increase within one month of launch. Introduced deployment automation and joined the Change Advisory Board.

Malaga, Spain · 2005 - 2008

Co-founded an online retail company. Built the entire technical infrastructure from scratch (FreeBSD/Linux, PostgreSQL, e-commerce site). Managed international supplier relationships and negotiated supply contract with Casa del Libro, Spain's largest bookstore chain.