Backend Engineer & Tech Lead

Lives in Tilburg — The Netherlands
Open to remote opportunities
Speaks English & Portuguese
een beetje Nederlands

9+ years building production systems in Python. Tech Lead of 4–8 engineers. Focused on API design, database performance, and pragmatic architecture.

Primary Tech Stack

Python Django / FastAPI Docker Linux

My experience

React / Next JS AWS / Digital Ocean Jenkins CICD PHP Software Architect Team Lead

Interests

Kubernetes Homelab Embedded systems Home automation AI Jekyll Lua Security
2025

Focus Dive focusdive.app

Solo Developer

Built a pomodoro timer and focus tool to avoid distractions during deep work sessions. Created for personal use and later open-sourced, combining a Python backend with a browser extension, deployed on a VPS via Kamal.

2024

The Silver Logic

Software Architect, DevOps & Security Lead

Led the DevOps team, driving decisions and improvements across the company's infrastructure and CI/CD practices. Introduced automated security scanning with TruffleHog and OWASP ZAP into CI/CD pipelines. Continued shaping architecture and mentoring engineers across multiple squads.

2024

Hack Your Future

Volunteer Mentor

Teaching programming to refugees — code review, feedback, and Q&A sessions for new learning modules.

2022

The Silver Logic

Software Engineer & Architect

Already well recognized in the company and leading the MARS team. Founded the Frontend Community of Practice, later expanding to a Backend CoP, improving knowledge sharing across the organization. Led the migration from virtual machines to a Docker Compose solution for local development, bringing container expertise company-wide. Recognized as Employee of the Month for these accomplishments.

2018

The Silver Logic

Full-Stack Engineer

Joined the company and rapidly grew in Django and React, mastering Redux and Django REST Framework. Within one year became the lead developer of the BodyDetails project, recognized for developer skills excellence.

2017

Scopus — Fintech

Software Engineer

Built a Backend-for-Frontend connection for Android using Express/GraphQL. Developed micro-services with Node.js and Python (Flask/Django). Managed NoSQL databases (Redis, MongoDB). Set up CI/CD via GitLab Pipelines, container orchestration with Docker Compose and Swarm, deploying to AWS.

2017

B.Sc. Computer Engineering

Polytechnic School, University of São Paulo (USP)

Graduated with Honours, ranked in the Top 5 of the class. Dissertation: indoor location and automation of drones. Key subjects: Data Structures, Languages & Compilers, Software Engineering, Computer Networks, Operating Systems, Information Security.