Patrick Alvarez Eades

Senior Software Engineer & Team Lead

Building fintech products processing €8.6B+ annually at Mews

About

Hi! I'm Patrick, a Senior Software Engineer & Team Lead based in Madrid.

My path to engineering wasn't typical. I started with an engineering degree, then spent over a decade leading operations and education teams — at one point managing 150 staff across recruitment, training, and international programs. In 2016 I started teaching myself to code, initially building websites for clients, then transitioning fully into software engineering.

Now I lead a fintech team at Mews, a $2.5B hospitality platform, where we build payment products processing €8.6B+ annually. I work mainly with React and TypeScript.

Outside of work, you'll find me with my wife, Simba the cat, and Nacho the dog — who has a lot to say about my career if you ask him.

Experience

  1. 2025 — PRESENT

    Mews is a leading $2.5B hospitality platform empowering hotels and accommodation businesses with seamless property management and innovative payment solutions. I work in the fintech platform where we process €8.6B+ in payments annually.

    • Team lead of financial services team currently overseeing bank accounts implementation and accounts receivable suite.
    • Creating a new B2B feature that allows for payments to be automatically reconciled using virtual IBANs
    • Implemented multicurrency feature which generated an estimated €1.6M revenue in the first year
    • Leadership
    • Product Builder
    • Agentic Developement champion
    • TypeScript
    • Styled Components
    • Design Systems
    • React Query
  2. 2024 — 2025

    Nova is a global headhunting tech startup, trusted by 20,000+ top professionals in 95 countries

    • Part of a 5-person engineering team owning the entire stack: Next.js frontend, Node.js backend, and React Native mobile app.
    • Led development of a mentoring platform that hit 1,000 signups on launch day
    • Improved membership application flow, increasing paid conversions by 17%.
    • React
    • React Native
    • TypeScript
    • NextJS
    • Tailwind CSS
    • NodeJS
    • MySQL
  3. 2012 — 2023

    Education group running language schools and international programs across Spain.

    • Managed recruitment, training, and operations for 150 staff annually, achieving 50% retention in a volatile market
    • Built a recruitment website and redesigned the hiring process, increasing applicants by 300% in the first year
    • Promoted through multiple roles over 11 years, from teacher to director
    • Leadership
    • Recruitment
    • Project Management
    • WordPress
  4. 2016 — Present

    Building websites for coaches and small businesses.

    • Ingehol.com: 4x client growth and 143% increase in calls within six months
    • Thetranslationpros.com: 140% traffic boost within six months of launch
    • Design
    • PHP
    • WordPress
    • Maintenance

Projects

  1. MapVault

    iOS & Android mobile app that allows users to save and share their favourite restaurants and bars.

    • React Native
    • Expo
    • Supabase
    • Google Places API
    • RevenueCat billing
    Screenshot of MapVault
  2. Eat Thirty Plants

    Mobile app helping users track weekly plant intake for gut health. 300+ users · 5/5 App Store rating · Available on iOS & Android. Used internally by a US company as part of their staff wellness program.

    • React Native
    • Expo
    • Supabase
    • TanStack Query
    • Gluestack UI
    Screenshot of Eat Thirty Plants