Software Engineer, Remote Contractor, Self-Taught Builder

2025

Served as a judge in an online hackathon focused on AI solutions for climate, education, and public services.
Spent a week in New York attending frontend, UX, and design events—including a visit to Figma's office and a local meetup.
Started transitioning into a Product Engineer role—combining frontend, data, and user-facing impact.
Created a YouTube channel in English focused on dev life, personal systems, and stories that shaped me.
At Automatiq:
- Led the implementation of Dark Mode across multiple views.
- Designed and shipped a feature for order drafts—reduced friction and improved publishing workflows.
- Enhanced performance and usability of complex views (like Events and Consigned Inventory), improving clarity and speed.
Started deepening CS fundamentals and exploring AI workflows

At Automatiq:
- Delivered high-impact features for high-volume B2B users.
- Simplified admin tools (API key manager, advanced filtering) for better DX and decision-making.
Spent a month in Silicon Valley attending AI events, connecting with founders, and visiting startups and major tech companies (including FAANG).
Launched a small-scale course (in Portuguese) on AI-powered productivity — combining developer mindset with real systems.

At Automatiq:
- Redesigned and shipped user-friendly admin tools for order management and ticket mapping.
Discovered late-diagnosed autism (Asperger, Level 1), leading to refined systems for focus and deep work.
Developed minimalist routines to manage energy and clarity, applied daily to remote dev life.

Taught English online through a nonprofit organization.
Completed 500+ hours of Cambly tutoring and reached English fluency.
Joined Automatiq—a U.S.-based company in New York that builds automation tools for the secondary ticket market.

Became a partner at StartSe after years of contribution across tech, design, and operations.
Helped develop a custom online events platform that doubled the company's revenue compared to in-person events from the previous year.

Contributed to building StartSe's main student platform and helped redesign the company's news portal.
Transitioned from basic HTML/CSS work to building interfaces with JavaScript frameworks.

Visited Silicon Valley for the first time—spent two weeks in California, including one week in a startup immersion program called Learning Experience.
Built hundreds of landing pages for events and online courses at StartSe.

Started learning English from scratch using online tutoring platforms like Cambly.
Moved to São Paulo with R$700 (~US$200) and no place to stay—accepted a junior dev position at StartSe, an education startup in Brazil.

Worked in tech support and briefly at a marketing agency before pivoting to dev.
Completed a postgraduate program in Web Application Development (little practical impact).
Studied Information Technology Management at a public college.