Filipe Waitman, Developer in Utrecht, Netherlands
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Filipe Waitman

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Software Developer

Utrecht, Netherlands

Toptal member since December 15, 2015

Bio

Since 2010, Filipe has been developing with Python​ and its web frameworks. An Agile methodology enthusiast, he has worked as both a team technical leader and as a scrum master. At the moment, he is aiming to work in Europe, but any project that challenges him and where he can work remotely is more than welcome. Filipe communicates and collaborates well with teams of all sizes.

Portfolio

Spotfund (via Toptal)
Amazon Web Services (AWS), New Relic, Postmark, Papertrail, Rollbar, Stripe...
Client (An Unreleased Project via Toptal)
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Postmark, Papertrail, Rollbar, Heroku, Celery...
Divio AG (via Toptal)
Amazon Web Services (AWS), New Relic, Sentry, Travis CI, Tox, uWSGI...

Experience

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Git, GitHub, Linux, Django, Python, PostgreSQL, API Development, Python 3, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Back-end

The most amazing...

...project I've worked on is the one responsible for matching borrowers and investors via a loan engine bypassing banks and their surcharges.

Work Experience

Freelance API Developer | Freelance DevOps Engineer

2016 - PRESENT
Spotfund (via Toptal)
  • Developed a mobile micro-donation platform that aims to connect users to NGOs via platform with a social network look and feel.
Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), New Relic, Postmark, Papertrail, Rollbar, Stripe, Twilio, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), Heroku, PostgreSQL, Push Notifications, Django REST Framework, Django, Python 3, Python 2, Python, Stripe API, Twilio API, Serverless, GitHub, Git, Redis, Elasticsearch, APIs, RESTful Development, REST APIs, Object-oriented Programming (OOP), IPython, Celery, Requests, Ajax, RESTful Microservices, Serverless Framework, Cloud, uWSGI

Freelance API Developer | Data Scientist

2017 - 2018
Client (An Unreleased Project via Toptal)
  • Worked on a project; the details are suppressed as this project is not released yet.
Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Postmark, Papertrail, Rollbar, Heroku, Celery, PostgreSQL, Seaborn, Matplotlib, SciPy, NumPy, Pandas, Django REST Framework, Django, Python 3, Python, API Development, ETL, Selenium, Jupyter, Machine Learning, Data Science, GitHub, Git, APIs, RESTful Development, REST APIs, Object-oriented Programming (OOP), Sublime Text, IPython, Requests, Scikit-learn, Cloud

Freelance Back-end Developer

2017 - 2018
Divio AG (via Toptal)
  • Developed internal improvements for the platform,.
  • Designed and built add-ons for a Django CMS and also assisted in a few additional internal projects.
Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), New Relic, Sentry, Travis CI, Tox, uWSGI, Elasticsearch, Haystack, Cloud, Celery, PostgreSQL, Django CMS, Django, Python 3, Python 2, Python, GitHub, Git, Object-oriented Programming (OOP), Sublime Text, IPython

Back-end Developer

2014 - 2016
Geru
  • Worked on a lending platform that matches borrowers and investors directly and thus bypassing the need for banks—ensuring both better interest rates for the borrower and a better profitability to the investors.
Technologies: Clicksign, StatHat, Ngrok, Jumio, Plivo, Zendesk, Sentry, New Relic, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Redis, Celery, PostgreSQL, SQLAlchemy, Pyramid, Python, Linux, API Development, Python 3, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), Amazon API Gateway, Serverless, Microservices, GitHub, Git, APIs, RESTful Development, REST APIs, Object-oriented Programming (OOP), Sublime Text, IPython, Requests, Fintech, Ajax, Alembic, Cloud

API Developer | Scrum Master

2012 - 2014
Titans Group
  • Created a white-labeled cloud storage (Dropbox-like) product.
Technologies: Sentry, New Relic, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Jenkins, Solr, MySQL, Memcached, RabbitMQ, Celery, Django, Python, Linux, PostgreSQL, API Development, Amazon EC2, GitHub, Git, Redis, APIs, RESTful Development, REST APIs, Object-oriented Programming (OOP), IPython, Requests, StatHat, Cloud, Haystack

Full-stack Developer | Team Tech Leader

2010 - 2012
Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN)
  • Developed an internal system that took care of everything about the sites' deployment. This system managed the hiring, the deployment, billing, and maintenance.
Technologies: Sentry, Jenkins, Microsoft SQL Server, RabbitMQ, Celery, Django, Python, Bootstrap, jQuery, GitHub, Git, Object-oriented Programming (OOP), IPython, Requests, Ajax, Cloud, Redis

API Developer at Spotfund

This project was a mobile micro-donation platform that aims to connect users to NGOs using a social network look and feel. I'm currently working as both a software engineer (API developer) and DevOps.

Back-­end Developer at Geru

A project for a lending platform that matches borrowers and investors, directly bypassing the need for banks, ensuring both better interest rates for the borrower and better profitability for the investors.

API Developer and Scrum Master at Clarosync (Titans Group)

A project carried out in collaboration with the Titans Group. It is a cloud storage service like Dropbox, but multi­-branded (white­-labeled). This software has millions of users throughout Latin America.

Full-stack Developer and Team Technical Leader at ZINA (Nokia Siemens Networks)

This product was made for the Nokia Siemens Networks. It's an internal platform capable of putting together every single step of a telecommunication physical site deployment and helping the merger of Nokia and Siemens companies.
2006 - 2010

Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems

Universidade de São Paulo - São Paulo, Brazil

Libraries/APIs

REST APIs, API Development, Pandas, Plivo, Stripe, Stripe API, Twilio API, Requests, SQLAlchemy, Rollbar, Matplotlib, SciPy, NumPy, Scikit-learn, jQuery

Tools

GitHub, Sublime Text, IPython, Jupyter, Celery, RabbitMQ, Git, Solr, Jenkins, Sentry, Ngrok, StatHat, Haystack, uWSGI, Travis CI, Papertrail, Seaborn

Languages

Python 3, Python, Python 2

Frameworks

Django REST Framework, Django, Selenium, Flask, Pyramid, Bootstrap, Alembic, Serverless Framework, Django Channels

Paradigms

RESTful Development, Object-oriented Programming (OOP), ETL, Microservices

Platforms

Heroku, Linux, Django CMS, Amazon Web Services (AWS), New Relic, Zendesk, Clicksign, Twilio, Amazon EC2, Docker, Visual Studio Code (VS Code)

Storage

PostgreSQL, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), Microsoft SQL Server, Redis, Elasticsearch, MongoDB, Memcached, MySQL

Other

APIs, Back-end Development, Fintech, Postmark, Jumio, Cloud, Tox, Push Notifications, Machine Learning, Data Science, Ajax, Amazon API Gateway, RESTful Microservices, Serverless, Back-end

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