Sergio González

VP of Engineering at Mensis Mentor

Nice, on the French Riviera

Profile

VP of Engineering at Mensis Mentor, leading the company’s entire technology area end to end: from clients’ needs to solutions running in production. More than ten years in software quality and test automation: frameworks for a multi-cloud infrastructure (Google Cloud and AWS), release and quality processes, and QA teams in Vietnam, Brazil and India. Background in Computer Engineering, AI and chatbots. I enjoy working with teams, helping people reach their full potential and leading projects.

Experience

  1. VP of Engineering · Mensis Mentor

    Oct 2026 – Present · Nice, France

    Leading the company's entire technology area end to end: from clients' requirements and needs to solutions running in production. Mensis is a Digital Twins platform that clones the experience and judgement of the best leaders so teams can consult them 24/7 in Slack, Teams or WhatsApp. Full-time since October 2026, after working with Mensis part-time since mid-2022.

  2. Lead Software Development Engineer in Test · Symphony.com

    Jan 2020 – Oct 2026 · Nice, France

    Worked closely with multidisciplinary teams building financial market solutions integrated into the Symphony platform.

    • Designed, built and maintained test automation frameworks for a multi-cloud infrastructure (AWS and Google) with Jenkins and CircleCI.
    • UI/E2E automation with Cucumber/BDD, WebdriverIO and Robot Framework; API testing with REST Assured and JBehave.
    • Accessibility testing (Axe-core, VoiceOver, ChromeVox), visual testing with Storybook and performance testing with JMeter.
    • Defined release processes (sign-offs), quality processes, test plans and strategies for many products.
    • Led quality teams across Vietnam, Brazil and India.

  3. QA Automation Engineer · Growth Acceleration Partners

    Mar 2018 – Dec 2019 · Cartago, Costa Rica

    Test automation for the Zenoss project (monitoring software and devices).

    • Created, reviewed and maintained automated UI tests in JavaScript/Node.js, Python and Ruby with Selenium, NightwatchJS and Cucumber.
    • Integrated the automation framework into the CI/CD process (Jenkins, Docker, GitHub, Jira, TestRail).
    • Provided training and coaching in test automation and led workshops.

  4. Chatbots Developer (Watson IBM, API.AI Google) · Testing Software

    Dec 2016 – Feb 2018 · Cartago, Costa Rica

    • Backend work on a cognitive mobile application for Banco Atlántida with Watson IBM.
    • Set up a replication environment with Apache Kafka across several Linux brokers.
    • Android and Cordova applications, including a barcode-reading app integrated with the Nimbus store.
    • Built a cognitive self-service kiosk prototype for fast food using chatbots, NLP and a Raspberry Pi.

  5. QA Engineer · Indigo Telecom

    Aug 2014 – Dec 2016 · Cartago, Costa Rica

    QA services (project PACE) for U.S. customers, covering IT solutions and networking devices (gateways).

    • Manual, regression, sanity and black-box testing; bug tracking and documentation of testing processes.
    • Built a Java automation framework with SSH, Telnet and serial connections to testbeds, Selenium or Mechanize for UI, email reports, logs, screenshots and video evidence.

  6. Software Developer · Universidad de Costa Rica

    Jan 2014 – Jul 2014 · San Pedro, Montes de Oca, Costa Rica

    Pris-Lab: system for the manual annotation of soccer matches from television signals.

  7. Computer Engineering · Tecnológico de Costa Rica

    Feb 2013 – Dec 2013 · Cartago, Costa Rica

    Electronic voting: validation and testing of the project’s hardware components.

  8. Researcher · Tecnológico de Costa Rica

    Feb 2013 – Aug 2013 · Cartago, Costa Rica

    Nanotechnology Research Program: design and construction of a small robot using Nitinol.