Paulo Pessoa

Senior Software Engineer

São Paulo, SP, Brazil14 yrs 1 mo experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

14+ years of experience in software engineering.
Expert in building scalable production systems.
Proven track record in leading complex technical initiatives.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Fintech expert with strong backend and full-stack capabilities.

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Skills

Core Skills

PythonGrpcAmazon AuroraDjangoRuby On RailsAws

Other Skills

Cost ControlJavaREST APIsGraphQLAmazon Web Services (AWS)LeadershipRubyMySQLAmazon RedshiftPostgreSQL.NET FrameworkC#SQLGitStrategic Planning

About

Senior Software Engineer with 14+ years of experience building and scaling production systems. Currently at Netflix, I deliver full-stack solutions for the partner ecosystem, from React frontends to GraphQL and gRPC microservices, with a strong focus on performance, reliability, and developer experience. I have a proven track record leading complex technical initiatives, including distributed systems architecture, greenfield services, AWS/Kubernetes migrations (EKS), CI/CD modernization, and observability improvements. I have worked across marketplace e-commerce, fintech, and edtech, consistently driving measurable impact on availability, cost, and delivery speed. Core stack: Python, Java, Ruby, React, GraphQL, gRPC, Django, Spring Boot, Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL/Aurora, DynamoDB, Redis, Elasticsearch, AWS (SQS, SNS, Lambda, EC2, S3, RDS), Docker, Kubernetes, Playwright, pytest, New Relic, and Kibana. Senior/Staff/Principal Software Engineer, Backend Engineer, Full Stack Engineer, Platform Engineer, Distributed Systems, Cloud Architecture, Developer Productivity, and AI-assisted developer tooling.

Experience

14 yrs 1 mo

Total Experience

2 yrs 9 mos

Average Tenure

3 yrs 6 mos

Current Experience

Netflix

Senior Software Engineer

Nov 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 6 mos

Core contributor within the Content & Partner Technology (CPT) organization, working across multiple product surfaces that support Netflix's external partner operations worldwide.
● Partner Docs 2.0 — Full-Stack Platform Rebuild
▸ Built Docs HQ, the internal admin console for managing ACLs, file sets, notifications, and URL redirects, side-panel editing, and role-based access control.
● Partner Jira Integration — Microservices (gRPC + GraphQL)
▸ Architected and built the microservice layer powering Jira integration within the partner ecosystem.
▸ Developed the service from the ground up — a Java gRPC service handling project creation, URL resolution, lead retrieval, and project queries.
▸ Built the service, providing the GraphQL API layer, including GraphQL Lab tooling, payments/mobile project support, and gRPC-to-GraphQL bridging.
● Partner Test Accounts — Internal Tooling
▸ Maintained and enhanced the Test Accounts management Backend used by partner operations teams.
▸ Implemented new accounts type for advertising partner testing scenarios. ▸ Fixed critical bugs in password section, membership management, and account expiration and renew workflows.
▸ Executed the database migration to Amazon Aurora, improving query performance and operational reliability.
● IA Assisted Developer Tooling
▸ Built MCP servers to integrate internal tools into AI-assisted developer workflows.
▸ Designed agentic pipelines for automated PR triaging.

PythonAmazon AuroraCost ControlJavagRPCREST APIs

Olist

Principal Software Engineer

Nov 2019 – Nov 2022 · 3 yrs

Technologies: Python, Django, Aurora Postgres, ElasticCache, Redis, Elasticsearch, DynamoDB, Sentry, Logentries, SQS, SNS, Kibana, Lambda, Kubernetes(EKS), Circleci, S3, Redshift, DMS,
as a software developer I helped to create and maintain logistics and orders applications, using microservices with python and django.
created and manage the hot / warm elastic cloud cluster, indexes, lifecycles, dashboards and alerts.
lead the migration of the databases and applicatons from heroku cloud to aws using kubernetes
Reduce costs, solve problems of security, scalability and availability,
Improve the CI/CD process.

PythonDjangoAmazon Web Services (AWS)Cost ControlLeadership

Qconcursos.com

Senior Software Engineer

Dec 2018 – Nov 2019 · 11 mos

Technologies: Ruby, Aurora Mysql, Redshift, Elasticsearch, DynamoDB, Rollbar, Sidekiq, New Relic, SQS, SNS, Lambda
Project: Qconcursos - Question resolution platform for students.
● AWS Infrastructure to host backend using Ruby on Rails.
● Back-end development with Ruby/Rails.
● Version control repository using Github.
● Project Management using Trello and Confluence

Ruby on RailsAmazon Web Services (AWS)RubyMySQLAmazon RedshiftAWS

Akredito

Principal Software Engineer

Mar 2018 – May 2021 · 3 yrs 2 mos

Technologies: Python, Django, Postgres, Heroku , Git
Project: Platform to renegotiate and refinance the debts of the financially excluded defaulters .
● Heroku Infrastructure to host backend using Django.
● Back-end development with Python/Django.
● Version control repository using Bitbucket/Git.
● Project Management using Trello.

PythonDjangoREST APIsCost ControlAmazon Web Services (AWS)

Wpensar

Senior Software Engineer

Jan 2015 – Dec 2018 · 3 yrs 11 mos · Niterói

Technologies: Python, Django,Django Rest Framework, Jinja, MYSQL, Amazon RDS, Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, Factory-Boy, Git, Sentry, Celery and Redis.
Project: Academic and Financial Management System for Schools and Colleges.
● AWS Infrastructure to host backend Rest API using Django Rest Framework.
● Error tracking and monitoring using Sentry.
● Front-end development with Jinja Template Engine, HTML, CSS and JQuery.
● Back-end development with Python/Django.
● Unit Testing with unittest framework and FactoryBoy as a fixtures replacement tool.
● Version control repository using Bitbucket/Git.
● Project Management and Customer Support using JIRA/Zendesk Integration.
● Celery with Redis/Database as the messaging queue.

PythonDjangoMySQLPostgreSQLREST APIs

Elo tecnologia

Software Engineer

Apr 2012 – Jan 2015 · 2 yrs 9 mos

Technologies: Python, Django ,Postgres, Digital Ocean, Model-Mommy, Git, Trello.
Projects: Pre-Enrollment System, Academic Management System for public schools.
● Digital Ocean Infrastructure to host backend using Django on all systems
● Back-end development with Python/Django.
● Unit Testing with unittest framework and Model-Mommy as a fixtures replacement tool.
● Verison control repository using Bitbucket/Git.
● Project Management and Customer Support using Trello.

Python.NET FrameworkDjangoAmazon Web Services (AWS)C#