Senior AI Engineer
- Location
- Brazil
- Rate, USD
- $25 / hour
- Work schedule
- Full Time,
- Language skills
- English, Portuguese, Spanish
- Available for Hire
- Yes
About me
I am a Senior AI Engineer and Software Architect with more than 10 years of experience building and scaling high-performance platforms across artificial intelligence, distributed systems, video streaming, blockchain, and cloud infrastructure.
I specialize in production-grade AI systems, including RAG pipelines, private AI platforms, multi-agent architectures, and distributed inference engines. My work is guided by an engineering-first mindset, with a strong focus on scalability, reliability, cost efficiency, and practical deployment.
I have contributed to mission-critical platforms serving millions of users, including work on the largest Video CDN in South America at Globo. I have also led architecture and infrastructure initiatives in remote-first environments, helping teams improve observability, delivery velocity, and system resilience.
My background includes designing hybrid cloud and HPC solutions, optimizing AI workloads, and building systems that reduce infrastructure costs while improving throughput and performance. I enjoy solving complex technical problems that require both deep architectural thinking and hands-on implementation.
Over the years, I have worked across software engineering, DevOps, AI infrastructure, and backend architecture, using technologies such as Python, Go, TypeScript, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, and vector databases. I have also built products from the ground up as a founder and principal engineer.
I am based in Brazil and open to remote opportunities. I speak Portuguese natively, am fluent in English, and have professional Spanish skills. I am looking for challenging roles where I can continue building advanced AI and distributed systems at scale.
Professional area
Education
- 2025 - 2026 Postgraduate Certificate in High Performance Computing @ Estรกcio de Sรก
- 2025 - 2026 Postgraduate Certificate in AI in Marketing & Growth @ UniFECAF
- 2025 - 2026 Postgraduate Certificate in Blockchain Development @ UniFECAF
- 2025 - 2027 Postgraduate Certificate in Data Science @ STAR Research Institute & Sigmoidal
Dual certification
- 2020 - 2023 Technology Degree in Data Science @ Estรกcio
- 2014 - 2019 BSc in Computer Science / Software Engineering @ Universidade Veiga de Almeida
Experience
- Feb 2026 - Present Staff Software Engineer - AI Infrastructure & Distributed Systems @ BeConfident
Driving cross-team architecture for scalability and sustainability; designing resilient distributed systems; improving video quality, real-time communication, and platform performance; contributing to WhatsApp real-time calling infrastructure; partnering on applied AI initiatives; establishing observability and reliability standards; leading incident response and post-mortems; mentoring engineers.
- Jan 2025 - Feb 2026 Principal Software Engineer - AI Infrastructure & Distributed Systems @ Magic (Research Magic)
Built Fabric Hypergrid, a distributed AI computational platform; architected a computational hypergrid for Harvard and Boston Children’s Hospital; designed AI-powered orchestration and optimization layers with Intel; developed AI-driven molecular analysis for SES Battery Innovation; built a private AI platform; engineered the Rapyd AI Model Optimization Engine.
- Oct 2020 - Sep 2025 Lead Software Engineer @ FANHERO
Reduced AI inference latency by 40%; increased platform reliability to 99.9% uptime; cut cloud infrastructure costs by 35%; improved RAG pipeline accuracy to 92%; enabled real-time processing of 10K+ events per second.
- Oct 2020 - Jun 2021 Founder @ VOODFY
Integrated HLS, MPEG-DASH, and Smooth Streaming into Filecoin; launched a decentralized video platform; reduced video hosting costs by 60%.
- Sep 2018 - Oct 2020 Lead Software Engineer @ GLOBO
Delivered video content to millions of concurrent users with 99.99% availability; won engineering awards; handled 300%+ traffic surge during COVID-19; launched 4K content delivery pipeline; reduced video startup time by 25%.
- Apr 2018 - Sep 2018 Principal Engineer / Founder @ ROY
Launched OTT SaaS platform from zero to production; reduced deployment time by 70%; managed AWS infrastructure for enterprise clients.
- Mar 2018 - Jul 2018 DevOps Engineer (Blockchain Video Platform) @ PARATII
Automated deployment pipeline reducing release time by 80%; achieved 99.5% video transcoding success rate.
- Oct 2017 - Feb 2018 Lead Software Engineer @ MAESTRUS
Redesigned video platform architecture improving performance by 50%; built secure video hosting system for enterprise customers.
- Mar 2017 - Sep 2017 Lead Software Engineer @ EUGOSTO.DE
Increased content engagement by 40%; migrated legacy PHP/WordPress platform to Python/Django; improved audience targeting accuracy by 35%.
- Mar 2017 - Sep 2017 Software Engineer, Level 3 @ TRIPLIN
Improved travel recommendation accuracy by 45%; reduced booking abandonment rate by 25%; built scalable REST APIs for 5K+ daily active users.
- Jun 2016 - Mar 2017 Software Engineer, Level II @ FLAGCX
Delivered social media analytics tools for Fortune 500 brands; improved brand sentiment analysis accuracy by 30%; enabled data-driven marketing decisions.
- Mar 2016 - Jun 2016 Software Engineer II @ STORM SECURITY
Architected a video streaming platform for Esporte Interativo; achieved 99.9% video delivery uptime; reduced buffering incidents by 40%.
- Jul 2015 - Feb 2016 Software Engineer I @ LINKZTER
Launched a mobile social networking app; reduced API response time by 50%; built scalable backend infrastructure with real-time features.
- Jun 2015 - Nov 2015 Software Engineer I @ HADRONS
Reduced deployment failures by 90%; improved test coverage to 85%; decreased page load time by 60%.
- Nov 2014 - Jun 2015 Software Developer @ TREE SOFTWARE
Delivered 5+ production applications; reduced manual deployment time from hours to minutes; improved system reliability through testing.
