Rhamses Alexandre Soares
Verified Expert in Engineering
Data Engineer and Developer
São Paulo, Brazil
Toptal member since July 1, 2026
Rhamsés is a data engineer with over 15 years of experience in software development, focusing on large-scale data solutions. Specializing in Databricks, Spark, and SQL for the financial and insurance industries, he excels in back-end and cloud environments. While at Vert Capital, Rhamsés built and maintained company-wide data pipelines using Databricks.
Portfolio
Experience
- Node.js - 10 years
- Vue - 5 years
- SQL - 5 years
- TypeScript - 5 years
- Python 3 - 2 years
- Statistics - 2 years
- Databricks - 2 years
- Spark - 2 years
Preferred Environment
Databricks, Jira, WordPress, Grunt, Gulp, Git
The most amazing...
...data pipeline I have built consolidated strategic data into dashboards for senior stakeholders at Vert Capital, improving data reliability.
Work Experience
Data Engineer
Vert Capital
- Architected and maintained company-wide data pipelines using Databricks, orchestrating Delta Live Tables (DLT) to ensure high-performance, scalable, and efficient data processing.
- Consolidated complex, strategic data into executive-ready dashboards and reporting tools, enabling data-driven decision-making for senior stakeholders.
- Developed and optimized secure integrations between the data lake, internal back-end systems, and external vendors, significantly improving data reliability and cross-platform sync.
Tech Lead
Unimed Seguros
- Spearheaded high-impact technical initiatives, unblocking engineering teams and guiding architectural decisions to accelerate the deployment of scalable enterprise solutions.
- Partnered closely with infrastructure teams and product owners to optimize the sprint lifecycle, establish robust engineering KPIs, and improve code quality standards.
- Bridged the gap between IT and business stakeholders, streamlining requirements gathering and technical communication to accelerate software delivery cycles.
Senior Back-end Engineer
Justos
- Engineered and optimized high-throughput RESTful APIs for the core onboarding and lead generation funnel, directly influencing customer acquisition metrics.
- Spearheaded the modernization of the test suite, refactoring legacy test cases and implementing robust integration tests to align with evolving business requirements.
- Collaborated closely within cross-functional teams under the Shape Up methodology, driving predictable, high-quality, and autonomous product cycles.
- Worked under the Shape Up method to deliver more consistent and well-thought-out work.
Tech Lead
Qualicorp
- Owned all technical and architectural decisions across the squad's core projects, ensuring modern standards, scalability, and technical debt mitigation.
- Partnered with engineering management to scale the team, actively driving the hiring process, technical interviews, and onboarding of new engineers.
- Mentored and structured training paths for team members, accelerating their autonomy and technical growth within the company's ecosystem.
- Represented the engineering organization in cross-functional squad alignment meetings, focusing on translating business success metrics into concrete technical roadmaps.
Senior Full-stack Developer
Qualicorp
- Developed and shipped new features across a diverse, distributed software ecosystem, utilizing modern back-end and front-end practices.
- Maintained and stabilized mission-critical legacy software and production-ready systems, implementing optimizations that improved platform uptime.
- Mentored mid-level developers through code reviews, pair programming, and architecture workshops, successfully increasing overall team velocity.
Senior Front-end Developer
Talent Group at Qualicorp
- Drove the migration of all corporate websites to a modern stack, leveraging WordPress as a headless CMS integrated with a static site generator to enhance performance and security.
- Played a key role in the discovery and planning stages, leading the front-end engineering for the initial phase of a pioneering, market-first eCommerce platform.
- Engineered lightweight and scalable RESTful microservices and APIs utilizing Node.js and Restify.
Full-stack Developer
Creative House
- Guided web operations and served as the primary technical point of contact for management and enterprise clients to align business goals with tailored digital strategies.
- Built and delivered responsive front-end solutions leveraging Vue, AngularJS, jQuery, and native Browser APIs.
- Developed modular back-end systems utilizing diverse PHP architectures, including Laravel, Slim, WordPress, and custom internal frameworks.
UX Designer
Tafner Software Solutions
- Bridged the gap between product design and engineering, architecting and executing A/B tests on core interfaces to drive user conversion and engagement.
- Participated in user research and behavioral analysis, leveraging data insights to eliminate UI bottlenecks and optimize software usability.
- Collaborated directly with the back-end development team, writing clean, semantic front-end code to ensure high-fidelity implementation of UI layouts.
Experience
Feliz Natal
https://feliz.natal.br/When it's time, Feliz Natal runs the draw automatically—no repeated pairs, no awkward mix-ups—and notifies everyone right away. Organizers can see who's confirmed and who's still pending, while participants can exchange secret messages and keep the surprise alive until the big reveal.
The idea is straightforward: less stress in organizing, more time to enjoy the season together.
Education
Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Data Science
ASN Rocks - São Paulo, Brazil
Bachelor's Degree in Data Science
Southern Cross Virtual - São Paulo, Brazil
Bachelor's Degree in Marketing
Anhembi Morumbi University - Sao Paulo, Brazil
Skills
Libraries/APIs
jQuery, Node.js, Vue, Restify, React
Tools
Astro, Git, Claude Code, Codex, BigQuery, Prisma, Amazon Cognito, Grunt, Gulp, Jira, Webpack, Microsoft Power BI
Languages
SQL, Python, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET), C#, TypeScript, Java, Python 3, Sass, Snowflake
Paradigms
ETL, Business Intelligence (BI)
Platforms
Databricks, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Docker, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Dataform, Google Dataform, WordPress, AWS Lambda, Linux, Telerik
Storage
Data Lakes, PostgreSQL, Data Pipelines, Google Cloud SQL, Google Cloud Storage, MongoDB, Neo4j, Redshift
Frameworks
Spark, Slim, .NET, Delta Live Tables (DLT), Express.js, Laravel
Other
Browser APIs, APIs, Data Engineering, CI/CD Pipelines, Performance Optimization, Data Modeling, Data Warehousing, Data Analysis, Dashboards, ELT, Data Architecture, ETL Pipelines, Query Optimization, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Google BigQuery, Identity & Access Management (IAM), Dashboard Development, Data Visualization, Cloudflare, B2B Marketing, Web Marketing, Algorithms, Statistics, Design, AWS ECS Fargate, Big Data, DAX
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