Mário Costa
Mário Costa

Staff Product Engineer

Actively looking · Member since 8 Oct 2026
Location
Portugal
Desired salary
Confidential
Work preference
Remote Only / Full Time, Part Time, Contract, Freelance
Experience level
Lead

About

Professional summary

I am a Staff Product Engineer with more than 10 years of experience delivering production JavaScript and TypeScript software for SaaS products and startup environments.

I specialize in Node.js backend development, API design, scalable software architecture, and data-layer design using PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, and Redis.

I take broad product briefs and turn them into practical technical solutions, leading projects from initial architecture through reliable production delivery.

I bring technical leadership through code reviews, mentoring, pairing, documentation, and clear collaboration across product and engineering teams.

I have hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, event-driven systems, observability, and performance optimization on AWS-based platforms.

I am seeking remote Staff Product Engineer opportunities on Node.js and React product teams, particularly in open-source and SaaS environments.

Skills

25 capabilities

Tech stack & tools

Working toolkit

Application Hosting

Monitoring

Experience

Career history

Senior Software Engineer Transporeon by Trimble

I build production Node.js, TypeScript, and Express APIs and backend services for a large-scale SaaS transportation management platform. I own architecture decisions involving persistence, performance, PostgreSQL, Redis caching, and event-driven integrations using SNS, SQS, and Kafka.

I drive quality through TDD, code reviews, pair programming, and mentoring-oriented collaboration. I improved reliability and cost by reducing RDS backup costs by approximately 90% and supporting a RabbitMQ-to-SQS migration, while using Cursor to accelerate development without compromising review standards.

Staff Software Engineer Independent (Hospitality Platform)

I took staff-level ownership of a hospitality platform, translating broad product requirements into technical solutions and delivering end-to-end Node.js and TypeScript architecture. I modernized NestJS and Node services and established delivery practices for the team.

I implemented CI/CD with GitHub Actions, Docker, and AWS ECS, while strengthening TDD, code reviews, documentation, mentoring, and Datadog observability. I reduced CI costs by roughly 10x with Ubicloud GitHub runners and improved end-to-end pipeline speed by approximately 30%.

Tech Lead / Senior Software Engineer Zoox Smart Data

I provided technical leadership for Zoox Smart WiFi, a global SaaS product, developing Node.js, TypeScript, and PHP services, APIs, and data layers backed by MySQL and MongoDB. I supported team delivery through mentoring, code reviews, hiring, onboarding, and collaborative engineering practices.

I improved product performance through Redis caching, reducing internal API calls by approximately 50% and improving page-load performance by around 30%. I also owned distributed asynchronous workloads using AWS Lambda, SNS, and SQS, alongside production reliability practices.

PHP Developer Realejo Design LTDA

I built and shipped production web products and APIs for enterprise clients using PHP and MySQL. I developed strong experience in backend delivery, database work, and collaborative software development.

I contributed to production-focused client work, emphasizing reliable implementation and effective team delivery practices.

Software Developer Accenture/Petronect; CAPES (Indiana University); Editora O Dia

I developed foundational experience shipping production web systems across earlier roles with Accenture/Petronect, CAPES at Indiana University, and Editora O Dia. My work included Node.js, Python with Django, MongoDB, and web development.

These roles established my background in backend engineering, database-backed applications, and production software delivery.

Education

Learning history

IGTI

Specialization, Software Architecture

Specialization in Software Architecture.

Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro

Bachelor's, Information Systems

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems.

Indiana University

Academic Exchange

Academic exchange program in the United States.

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