Rodrigo B.

Rodrigo B.

Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil

Back End Developer

15 years of exp.


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Profile Summary

Rodrigo is a seasoned technology leader with extensive experience in cloud infrastructure and software development. He has a proven track record of improving system performance and scalability while managing costs effectively. His expertise spans across various technologies including Java, Python, and cloud platforms like GCP and AWS. With a strong background in data engineering and DevOps, he is well-equipped to lead teams in delivering innovative solutions.

Primary Skills

Java | 14 yrsPython | 11 yrsAWS | 11 yrsDevOps | 11 yrs

Culture Profile

In workplace, I am known for . . .
  • Help others
  • Being transparent to colleagues
I thrive in environments . . .
  • where I have freedom to explore solutions
  • where people respect each other withtou looking at titles
I struggle in environments . . .
  • too much bureaucracy
  • people that play against each other

Work Experience

Buson

CTO - Phasing out
  • Jan, 2022 - Present
  • Brazil
  • Improved latency of checkout endpoint from 10s to less than 1s on 95th percentile
  • Analysis of technical debts and opportunities in areas as SEO, cost of GCP and AWS, performance and scalability
  • Provided expertise during incident responses

Skills

JavaPythonAWSGoogle CloudHibernateSpringPandasDevOpsJenkinsSoftware ArchitectureObservability

Industries

Cloudtech and DevopsSoftware

Buson

CTO - Data and DevOps team leader
  • Dec, 2017 - Jan, 2022
  • Brazil
  • Scaled integration system to millions of transactions a year while managing to keep cloud costs down
  • Started a Data team, collecting data from various sources and providing insights to the business using BigQuery, Python Pandas, Looker Studio
  • Migrated the infrastructure from AWS to GCP, and standardized the deployments for all applications with tools like Kubernetes, Argocd, Jenkins Pipelines
  • Improved visibility of infrastructure and business metrics using Grafana, Graphite, Prometheus, BigQuery and GCP Metrics

Skills

JavaBigQueryGoogle CloudLooker StudioSpring BootCI/CD PipelinesGrafanaJupyter Notebook/JupyterLabPrometheusETL KubernetesArgoCDPython Pandas

Industries

Cloudtech and DevopsData and AnalyticsSoftware

Buson

CTO - Scaling up
  • Dec, 2015 - Dec, 2017
  • Brazil
  • Creation of new frontend service using Node.js for team scaling
  • Technical Due Diligence of acquired company
  • Led the integration with an acquired company, so all sales could use the same backend
  • Led the refactoring of frontend from using jQuery to Vue.js on pages with mode dynamic behavior
  • Led the architecture for new project for bus operator’s site whitelabel System
  • Started new Point of Sale for bus operators, defining architecture and objectives
  • Led the team during growth of direct integrations from 5 to 80

Skills

Vue.jsJavaExpress.jsHibernateNode.jsSpringWeb DevelopmentSoftware Architecture

Industries

SoftwareTransportation

Buson

Co-Founder & CTO
  • Dec, 2012 - Present
  • Brazil
  • Improved latency of checkout endpoint from 10s to less than 1s on 95th percentile
  • Scaled integration system to millions of transactions a year while managing to keep cloud costs down
  • Started a Data team, collecting data from various sources and providing insights to the business using BigQuery, Python Pandas, Looker Studio
  • Migrated the infrastructure from AWS to GCP, and standardized the deployments for all applications with tools like Kubernetes, Argocd, Jenkins Pipelines
  • Improved visibility of infrastructure and business metrics using Grafana, Graphite, Prometheus, BigQuery and GCP Metrics
  • Creation of new frontend service using Node.js for team scaling
  • Led the integration with an acquired company, so all sales could use the same backend
  • Led the refactoring of frontend from using jQuery to Vue.js on pages with more dynamic behavior
  • Developed the MVP for bus tickets online in two months with Java, JSP, jQuery, MySQL
  • Rearchitected the payment processing architecture, making it easy to create new steps on the process
  • Started project of the integration system that today connects to 200+ bus companies in Brazil using Java, Spring Boot, Groovy, MySQL, Redis

Skills

JavaPythonAWSData AnalysisMachine LearningGoogle CloudHibernateSpringPandasDevOpsJenkinsSoftware ArchitectureObservability

Industries

SoftwareTransportation

Buson

CTO - Hands on with small team
  • Nov, 2012 - Nov, 2015
  • Brazil
  • Developed the MVP for bus tickets online in two months with Java, JSP, jQuery, MySQL
  • Improvements for mobile usability, payment processing and backoffice financials
  • Rearchitected the payment processing architecture, making it easy to create new steps on the process
  • New marketplace apps on Apple and Play Stores using cordova
  • Started project of the integration system that today connects to 200+ bus companies in Brazil using Java, Spring Boot, Groovy, MySQL, Redis

Skills

JavaMySQLRedisHibernateSpring BootjQueryGroovy

Industries

SoftwareTransportation

GTAC Solutions

Senior Software Developer
  • May, 2012 - Dec, 2013
  • Brazil
  • Started the first company project using Java: Education portal
  • Started initiatives for Continuous Integration practices with Jenkins, NuGet, Nexus and other tools
  • Trained the team with unit and integration tests approaches
  • Delivered project used to manage the infrastructure projects during 2014 World Cup (C#, .NET, SQL Server)
  • Delivered project used to calculate payroll of air company tripulants (C#, .NET, SQL Server)

Skills

JavaSQL ServerJenkinsNexus Iq

Industries

EducationSoftware

P2D / Touch Tecnologia

Software Developer
  • Feb, 2010 - May, 2012
  • Brazil
  • Developed software solutions for various projects
  • Contributed to the development of applications using Java and related technologies

Skills

JavaHibernateSpring

Industries

Software

Thales

Researcher Intern
  • Aug, 2008 - Nov, 2008
  • France
  • Conducted research projects during internship

Skills

JavaHibernateResearch

Industries

Software

UFMG / Google

Student / Intern
  • Jan, 2008 - Jun, 2008
  • Brazil
  • Developed project of a search engine using C++ working on a single machine.
  • Involved crawling, indexing and search website with ranking.

Skills

C++AlgorithmsSoftware Architecture

Industries

Software

Education

Bachelor's degree
  • Computer Engineering
  • ITA - Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica, Brazil
  • 2009

Certifications

Data Engineering, Big Data, and Machine Learning on GCP
  • Coursera
  • 2024
Machine Learning Specialization
  • Coursera/Stanford University
  • 2023
Accelerating End-to-End Data Science Workflows
  • NVIDIA
  • 2023
Google Launchpad
  • San Francisco, CA
  • 2017
Programming Languages
  • Coursera/University of Washington
  • 2014
Java - Sun Certified Java Programmer 6.0

All Skills

  • Frameworks

    • Vue.js | 2 yrs
    • Hibernate | 14 yrs
    • Node.js | 2 yrs
    • Spring | 14 yrs
    • Spring Boot | 3 yrs
  • Languages

    • Java | 14 yrs
    • Python | 11 yrs
    • Groovy | 3 yrs
  • Cloud

    • AWS | 11 yrs
    • BigQuery | 4 yrs
    • Google Cloud | 11 yrs
    • Looker Studio | 4 yrs
  • Databases

    • SQL Server | 1 yr
    • MySQL | 3 yrs
    • Redis | 3 yrs
  • AI

    • Data Analysis | 11 yrs
    • Machine Learning | 11 yrs
  • Libraries

    • jQuery | 3 yrs
    • Pandas | 11 yrs
  • Paradigms

    • DevOps | 11 yrs
    • Algorithms | 1 yr
    • Software Architecture | 11 yrs
    • Observability | 11 yrs
  • Tools

    • CI/CD Pipelines | 4 yrs
    • Grafana | 4 yrs
    • Jenkins | 12 yrs
    • Prometheus | 4 yrs
    • Nexus Iq | 1 yr
    • ArgoCD | 4 yrs
  • Others

    • Research | 1 yr
    • Web Development | 2 yrs