Filipe Rogerio de Oliveira Chagas
Verified Expert in Engineering
Software Engineer and Developer
Bauru - State of São Paulo, Brazil
Toptal member since March 6, 2025
Filipe is a software engineer with 20 years of experience and over a decade of success in distributed and multidisciplinary teams. He is skilled in various languages and frameworks, including Ruby, Ruby on Rails, TypeScript, JavaScript, Node.js, Next.js, and React. Filipe's expertise also spans database management with PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, ElasticSearch, and Google BigQuery, and he leverages modern infrastructure and deployment tools like Kubernetes, Google Kubernetes Engine, and Helm.
Portfolio
Experience
- OOP Designs - 20 years
- PostgreSQL - 15 years
- Ruby - 15 years
- Redis - 15 years
- Helm - 4 years
- Node.js - 4 years
- React - 4 years
- TypeScript - 4 years
Availability
Preferred Environment
Kubernetes, Ruby, Helm, Terraform, PostgreSQL, Redis, React, TypeScript, Node.js, Large Language Models (LLMs)
The most amazing...
...project I've worked on was an automated success story generator, integrating LLM orchestration and data extraction from BigQuery.
Work Experience
Senior Back-end Engineer
Toptal, LLC
- Leveraged my back-end expertise within a cross-functional team to deliver high-impact projects.
- Played a key role in the rebranding and re-platforming of several widely used public tools, including javascript-minifier.com, hastebin.com, and the open-source gitignore.io.
- Engineered robust internal solutions for the SEM team, integrating Google Ads functionality and LLMs for task automation, primarily using TypeScript and Next.js.
- Engaged in cross-team initiatives, seamlessly integrating new tools with the company's RoR CMS monolith and talent platform. Led the strategic DevOps migration from VPS to Kubernetes, playing a key role in many Kubernetes and infrastructure projects.
- Delivered high-quality, well-tested code consistently while adapting to evolving tech stacks and business needs.
Lead Software Engineer
Quez Media Marketing
- Provided on-demand web solutions built primarily, but not exclusively, in Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Sinatra, JavaScript, Redis, ElasticSearch, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Capistrano, and Docker.
- Handled all stages of development, from gathering specifications to deployment.
- Engaged in executive roles and responsibilities on top of my work as a full-stack engineer.
- Stayed in the loop of coding, reviewed others' code, and participated in pair programming.
- Led back- and front-end developers, designers, project managers, and QA in delivering several on-demand projects.
- Helped the company implement an Agile project management style and introduced a quality-first, well-tested code philosophy into the development team.
- Changed our delivery and deployment process from manually written bash scripts into CI-based, automated deployments, with constraints based on test coverage and pair review.
Experience
Hastebin
https://www.toptal.com/developers/hastebinEducation
Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems
Faculdade Gennari e Peartree - Pederneiras, SP, Brazil
Skills
Libraries/APIs
Node.js, React
Tools
Helm, Terraform
Languages
Ruby, TypeScript, Java
Paradigms
Agile Software Development, Agile, Management, Agile Project Management
Storage
PostgreSQL, Redis, Elasticsearch
Frameworks
Next.js, Express.js, Ruby on Rails (RoR)
Platforms
Kubernetes, Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
Other
OOP Designs, Large Language Models (LLMs), IT Management, Deployment
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