Ivan Neto
Verified Expert in Engineering
Software Developer
Serrinha - Bahia, Brazil
Toptal member since June 26, 2014
Ivan is a software engineer with 14+ years of experience in the IT industry, and rich experience in software architecture design and knowledge of a wide range of programming languages, technologies, and platforms. He has worked with high-performance teams, leading projects, communicating with the product and design teams, stakeholders, and developers, applying optimal engineering principles and practices, and building high-quality, extensible, and maintainable products.
Portfolio
Experience
- Python - 12 years
- Django - 6 years
- PostgreSQL - 5 years
- Django REST Framework - 4 years
- MongoDB - 3 years
- Docker - 3 years
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) - 3 years
- Flask - 3 years
Availability
Preferred Environment
Git, Python, MacOS, PyCharm, GitHub, Jira
The most amazing...
...work I've done is a smart leads collection and distribution system that allows the matching of the users with the best companies that would satisfy their needs.
Work Experience
Senior Platform Engineer
GogiX
- Developed a query language for a marketing tool, translating it to SQL to provide users with flexibility without exposing SQL.
- Integrated with a payment provider to allow clients to make orders and enable Google Pay and Apple Pay from the company's app.
- Participated in on-call rotation and worked on platform infrastructure, helping the system scale.
- Created a chatbot for WhatsApp to understand user messages and send orders to restaurants.
Senior Software Engineer
Routable
- Joined the team for an ongoing project to enable cross-border payments.
- Adapted a batch payments functionality to handle international payments, allowing the onboarding of 10 new clients.
- Added a security layer to the API by masking sensitive fields and building trust with existing clients.
- Led a team of eight engineers on a project to add support for two highly demanded currencies, resulting in an increase of 10% in total cross-border payments in the platform.
- Did hands-on development work on an ETA service to answer when payment is expected to arrive for any method, currency, or country.
- Did hands-on development and technical leadership work on a payment activity service, tracking the status of a payment and any related event.
Lead Software Engineer
ConsumerAffairs
- Worked on the tiering subproject, enabling the platform to have different plans for its clients and increase revenue.
- Changed the entire system architecture, separating one system into six different microservices, allowing them to communicate and making it easier to handle by allowing a single part to be updated and restarted, without risk to the others.
- Migrated all systems, including the web apps, the database server, the cache server, the task queue server, the files sync system, the mail log, and the event log to a whole new infrastructure without downtime.
- Worked on an end-to-end marketing attribution solution.
- Worked on content system modularization and scalability of partner content publication.
Software Engineer II
Anchor Loans
- Developed and maintained systems controlling the flow of buying and selling processes of properties owned by the company.
- Developed a subsystem for neighbor property comparison.
- Developed a system for property construction process management.
Researcher
UFBA - Federal University of Bahia
- Researched and developed applications for Digital TV, focusing on applications running in live programs and using web services to give extra information and interaction to users.
Web Developer
Apimenti
- Created an event platform for the National Congress of Project Management and the International Seminar on Cinema and Audiovisuals.
- Developed a subject pre-registration system for the Mathematics Institute of the Federal University of Bahia.
- Coordinated a team of seven people to develop a promotional website in two days for Salvador's Carnival (the biggest in the world).
Experience
Service Areas
https://github.com/ivancrneto/service-areasExway
https://github.com/ivancrneto/exwayPymox
https://github.com/ivancrneto/pymoxBlog Post for Career Advice
https://dev.to/ivancrneto/what-id-like-to-hear-from-an-experienced-developer-when-i-was-a-beginner-438gEducation
MBA in Information Technology Management
FMU - Faculdade Metropolitanas Unidas - Serrinha, Bahia, Brazil
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
UFBA - Federal University of Bahia - Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Skills
Libraries/APIs
REST APIs, Django ORM, Google Maps, jQuery, Facebook SDK, Beautiful Soup, Fabric, React, Node.js, SQLAlchemy, OpenAPI
Tools
Git, Celery, Bitbucket, Subversion (SVN), Vagrant, Sublime Text 2, MacVim, Vim Text Editor, Mercurial, GitHub, Jenkins, NGINX, PyCharm, Jira, RabbitMQ, GIS
Languages
Python, JavaScript, SQL, PHP, HTML5, C, Lua, XML, CSS, HTML
Frameworks
Django, Pyramid, Django REST Framework, Flask, AngularJS, Selenium, Scrapy, Bootstrap, Next.js
Paradigms
Object-oriented Programming (OOP), Microservices, Database Design, Scalable Application, Continuous Integration (CI), Agile, Agile Software Development, Test Automation, Unit Testing, Continuous Deployment, Test-driven Development (TDD), Extreme Programming, REST, Scrum, Kanban, HIPAA Compliance
Storage
Databases, MySQL, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Data Integration, SQLite, Redis, Oracle SQL, JSON, Google Cloud
Platforms
Drupal, MacOS, Docker, Linux, Amazon Web Services (AWS), AWS IoT, Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
Industry Expertise
Healthcare
Other
API Integration, APIs, Back-end, Back-end Development, Software Architecture, Scalability, RESTful Services, Performance Optimization, Technical Leadership, Leadership, User Experience (UX), Web App Development, Data Scraping, Web Scraping, FastAPI, Libraries, Front-end Development, Full-stack Development, Containerization, CI/CD Pipelines, Team Leadership, Point of Sale, Chatbots, Artificial Intelligence (AI), OpenAI, Supabase
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