Laion Azeredo (莱昂)

Backend Engineer

Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil15 yrs 6 mos experience

AI EnabledAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

Led successful product launches in Edtech.
Expert in transitioning legacy systems to microservices.
Strong focus on AI-accelerated software delivery.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Edtech backend engineer with expertise in microservices and cloud-native architectures.

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Skills

Core Skills

KubernetesMicroservicesSoftware DevelopmentEngineering ManagementTeam LeadershipTechnical LeadershipConsulting

Other Skills

PostgreSQLEvent-Driven ArchitectureNestJSMongoDBObservabilityTypeScriptDatadogNode.jsSystem ArchitectureArgoCDDistributed SystemsAPI IntegrationOpenTelemetryAWSCoaching

About

Staff-level backend/platform engineer and tech leader with 13+ years building and scaling cloud-native products across fintech, SaaS, and education. I specialize in modernizing architectures (distributed monolith → event-driven microservices), reliability/operability on Kubernetes, and shipping high-impact features under ambiguity. My engineering style is “AI-accelerated but human-led”: I use Spec-Driven Development and Harness Engineering to create high-fidelity specs, parallelize execution with AI coding agents, deepen test coverage, and run high-signal code reviews. Tooling: Claude Code, Cursor, SOLO Trae. Core stack: TypeScript, Node.js/NestJS, Next.js, Python/FastAPI, Rust (working), Postgres, Kafka/RabbitMQ, Kubernetes/Knative, AWS, observability (OpenTelemetry, Datadog, Sentry). Open to Staff/Principal Backend/Platform roles (US/UK, remote/hybrid).

Experience

15 yrs 6 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 9 mos

Average Tenure

1 yr 7 mos

Current Experience

Deep origin

Senior BackEnd Engineer

Nov 2024 – Present · 1 yr 7 mos · San Francisco Bay Area · Remote

Evolved mission-critical platform systems underpinning customer-facing products, prioritizing reliability, security, and operability in Kubernetes environments.
Owned critical APIs and service-to-service integrations; improved contract clarity and deployment independence across platform services.
Contributed to re-architecture from a distributed monolith to event-driven microservices, improving domain decoupling and enabling safer independent releases.
AI-accelerated delivery: practiced Spec-Driven Development and Harness Engineering; leveraged Claude Code / Cursor / SOLO Trae to parallelize implementation, deepen tests, and increase code review throughput (human-led quality gates).

PostgreSQLEvent-Driven ArchitectureNestJSMongoDBObservabilityTypeScript+10

Edsoma reads

Engineering Leader

Jul 2023 – Oct 2024 · 1 yr 3 mos · Texas, Estados Unidos · Remote

The main challenge was the launching of a new business line focused on providing educational content to students and teachers. I led the development of 3 web products, including a content management system, a student portal, and a teacher portal. The project was a success, with over 100k users (in contract) in the first year.

Software DevelopmentPostgreSQLEvent-Driven ArchitectureCoachingGenerative AIObservability+37

Meu droz

Tech Leader

Apr 2022 – Jul 2023 · 1 yr 3 mos · São Paulo, Brasil · Remote

Droz is a platform focused on providing support solutions for the Zendesk ecosystem.
When I joined the team, we had 8 people, 1 large legacy product and 1 product to be discontinued.
My job was to structure the team to launch a new product, while increasing the reliability of the main product, discontinuing the dead product and integrating a new product acquired by the company. Our team grew from 8 to 20, the dead product was successfully discontinued, the main product reached an SLA of 99.999% and the new product launched achieved a relevant position in the market. All this, with zero turnover in the team and high job satisfaction.

Software DevelopmentPostgreSQLEvent-Driven ArchitectureCoachingGenerative AITypeScript+39

Compliance total

Tech Leader

Sep 2020 – Apr 2022 · 1 yr 7 mos · Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil

Compliance Station is a suite of web applications focused on compliance management for medium and large companies. I led a team managing 3 critical web applications, ensuring secure and performant infrastructure. I orchestrated releases, sprints, and the successful transition of a flagship product to a SaaS model. The product went from zero to a leadership position in the market.

Software DevelopmentPostgreSQLCoachingObservabilityDockerProblem Solving+28

Alma tech | ad | behavior

Senior Staff Software Engineer

Apr 2016 – Aug 2020 · 4 yrs 4 mos · Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil · Remote

Company founded by me and some friends, focused on developing scalable, and low-cost web applications for small and medium-sized entrepreneurs.
At its peak, it had 12 employees and operated in Brazil, Portugal and Spain. I was responsible for the architecture of all projects, the development of the most intricate parts, technical leadership and quality assurance.

Software DevelopmentObservabilityProblem SolvingUnit TestingEnd-to-End TestingAgile Development+13