
Vanclei Matheus
Verified Expert in Engineering
APIs Developer
Curitiba - State of Paraná, Brazil
Toptal member since April 2, 2019
Vanclei is a senior software engineer and tech lead, with 25+ years of experience building scalable systems globally. He's an expert in event-driven cloud (AWS/GCP), .NET/React/Node.js, and AI-assisted development with Cursor and Claude Code. Vanclei has delivered for Sony, The Weather Group, and Deckers.
Portfolio
Experience
- C# - 17 years
- .NET - 17 years
- APIs - 15 years
- Angular - 10 years
- Node.js - 6 years
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) - 5 years
- TypeScript - 5 years
- React - 3 years
Preferred Environment
C#, .NET, Node.js, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Cursor AI, Claude Code, React, Docker, CI/CD Pipelines
The most amazing...
...thing was leading a full microservices migration from AWS to GCP — redesigning infrastructure, rewriting integrations, and ensuring zero data loss end-to-end.
Work Experience
AWS Engineer
Deckers - IT
- Architected and implemented legacy-to-microservices migration on AWS using .NET Lambdas, improving system modularity and deployment flexibility.
- Monitored and supported critical eCommerce infrastructure processing millions of transactions during peak seasons for a global footwear brand.
- Refactored and performance-tuned .NET microservices to handle increased global traffic, improving reliability under high load.
- Pioneered AI-assisted development practices using Cursor and Claude Code, accelerating delivery cycles across the engineering team.
Tech Lead | Full-stack Developer
ArtsMarketing Suite LLC
- Designed end-to-end architecture for an AI-powered content generation platform, defining service boundaries, data flows, and technology stack.
- Built a proof of concept for multi-modal media processing (PDFs, images, video), validating feasibility for production implementation.
- Provided strategic technology consulting on platform architecture, guiding stack selection and service design decisions.
.NET Developer
identiMetrics, Inc.
- Produced comprehensive system documentation and service inventory, enabling the team to reduce onboarding time and improve maintainability.
- Refactored a biometric scanner application to support distributed deployment, expanding the system's operational scalability.
- Redesigned and automated Azure infrastructure scripts, streamlining deployment and reducing manual configuration overhead.
C# and .NET Back-end Developer
The Weather Group
- Solely led the migration of a critical AWS Lambda pipeline to GCP, integrating Pub/Sub and Elasticsearch while maintaining data consistency across both platforms.
- Drove multiple production deployments, contributing to CI/CD pipeline stability and release confidence.
- Modernized .NET codebases across pipeline services, ensuring compatibility with current framework versions and reducing technical debt.
- Maintained and evolved a large-scale media processing system handling high volumes of content for a major US weather media company.
Senior Mobile Developer
Work & Co
- Built the Gx App for Gatorade — a personalized nutrition and hydration recommendation app for individual athletes, delivered for iOS using Xamarin Forms and React Native.
- Developed Gx Teams for Gatorade, enabling coaches and staff to manage nutrition and hydration across an entire team from a single mobile interface.
- Collaborated closely with the front-end team to bridge iOS-native features into the Xamarin/React Native layer, ensuring a seamless cross-platform experience.
Software Engineer
Sony Media Cloud Services
- Implemented advanced keyboard navigation for a custom media management UI, improving accessibility and power-user experience.
- Built an asynchronous reporting service using AWS SQS, enabling non-blocking report generation at scale for media workflows.
- Migrated the Elasticsearch integration across multiple repository versions, maintaining search reliability throughout the upgrade process.
- Contributed to hardening the security framework, collaborating with the team to identify and address vulnerabilities across the platform.
- Played a key role in developing the new catalog feature for Sony's media cloud service, expanding the platform's core content management capabilities.
Lead Developer
UruIT
- Created a dynamic edition platform for multiple clients.
- Developed a flexible security framework for a Sass client.
- Led a development team based in two different countries.
- Implemented generic data export functionality for the existing system.
- Incorporated API integration for legacy systems inside and outside the company's network.
Senior Developer
Bravi S/A
- Gathered requirements and designed a new WPF Data tool.
- Developed WPF to access both SQL Server and Oracle databases.
- Extended WPF components to suit project requirements.
- Developed Xamarin app for Android phone.
- Optimized database performance for existing system.
System Analyst
Exxonmobil Business Support Center Brasil
- Supported critical application for oil pipelines.
- Developed billing application for project team.
- Supported and developed data integration on SQL Server for pipeline metrics.
- Developed API components for accounting office.
- Migrated legacy application to .NET.
Consultant
Cinq Technologies Ltda. (at Exxonmobil)
- Migrated legacy application to .NET.
- Developed apis to provide legacy system visibility to other processes in the company.
- Helped define strategy and solutions for new in-house application.
- Provided technical advice on running applications.
- Optimized SQL Server database for refinery application.
System Analyst
Third It Ltda (at Electrolux)
- Developed a business intelligence solution for the accounting department.
- Built and coordinated the migration from an Open Access/Visual Basic 6 (VB6) application to ASP.NET.
- Developed integration web services for 3rd-party systems consumption.
- Built data Integration components for business intelligence.
- Provided technical advice on Microsoft technologies.
Coordinator
Vega I.T.
- Coordinated the development team. Owned the recruitment and mentoring on agile projects.
- Designed an ASP.NET ERP for small shops provided as SASS.
- Designed and developed segregation for multiple clients consuming the same solution.
- Developed biometric integration using .NET for HR systems.
- Created web services to expose the application's data.
System Architect
Datasul S.A.
- Architected company's budget planing tool.
- Developed a component framework to support company's ERP solution.
- Researched viable solutions to implement company's Business intelligence tool.
- Supported Legacy Business Intelligence tool.
- Developed Business Intelligence Cubes for SQL Server.
Experience
Book: Desenvolvendo com C# (Developing with C#)
It was launched at Microsoft's Professional Developer Conference in Brazil.
ISBN: 9788536303468
Praiera (Personal Project)
https://github.com/vancleimatheus/PraieraTechnologies used: REST API, ASP.NET, AngularJS, Entities, Git, Geolocation, Bootstrap, HTML5
Defendeu (Personal Project)
Technologies used: Integration with Google+, Facebook, AngularJS, .NET, REST API, MongoDB, Azure, WhatsApp integration
Toptal React Academy
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems
Universidade Estácio de Sá - Curitiba, Brazil
Specialist Degree in Information Technology
Colégio Estadual do Paraná - Curitiba, Brazil
Certifications
Toptal React Academy Graduate
Toptal, LLC
Microsoft Certified Solution Developer
Microsoft
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft
Skills
Libraries/APIs
REST APIs, jQuery, Node.js, React, Vue
Tools
Visual Studio, Git, C#.NET WinForms, Jira, Google Docs, xUnit, ELK (Elastic Stack), Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, GitHub, Claude Code, Claude, ChatGPT, TFS, SSAS
Languages
VB.NET, Visual Basic, C#, C#.NET, Visual Basic 6 (VB6), Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET), Active Server Pages (ASP), JavaScript, SQL, Transact-SQL (T-SQL), TypeScript, HTML, GraphQL, Python, C++, Python 3, PHP, PHP 5
Frameworks
Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), .NET, AngularJS, .NET Core, ASP.NET Core 2, ASP.NET, ASP.NET Web Forms, ASP.NET Web Services, Entity Framework Core, Entity, Angular, ASP.NET Core, Bootstrap, Next.js, Bootstrap 3, React Native
Paradigms
REST, MVC Design, Event-driven Architecture, Scrum
Platforms
Xamarin, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Windows, Amazon EC2, Azure, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), AWS Lambda, Firebase, Windows Server, Oracle, iOS, Windows Server 2000, Docker
Storage
SQL Server 2000, SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS), SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2010, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, PL/SQL, Elasticsearch, Microsoft SQL Server, NoSQL, Amazon DynamoDB, SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), Cloud Firestore
Industry Expertise
System Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
Other
Microsoft 365, SOAP, Front-end, Full-stack, CI/CD Pipelines, APIs, Cursor AI, AI Programming, AI Agents, Architecture, Code Review, AI Copilots, AI Design, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), AI-assisted Development, API Integration, Security, Single Sign-on (SSO), Microsoft Data Transformation Services (now SSIS), Remoting, OWC, Geolocation, Windows Services
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