Roberto Faga Jr
Verified Expert in Engineering
Software Developer
As a technology enthusiast, Roberto thrives on continuous development and acquiring new techniques while actively applying and enhancing his existing skill set. Roberto enjoys strategizing and engaging in insightful discussions with clients, sharing his innovative ideas with the team, and diligently researching and implementing new, clever solutions.
Portfolio
Experience
Availability
Preferred Environment
Docker, Chrome, Git, Vim Text Editor, Linux, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), MacOS, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Serverless Framework
The most amazing...
...thing I've coded is an optimization in a photo sharing service to reduce load time with different libs, integrated with modifications to achieve better speed.
Work Experience
Senior Software Engineer
Meaningful Gigs
- Built the back-end structure for the whole web application.
- Explored data engineering processes, such as ETLs and AI integrations.
- Handled DevOps tasks to maintain and expand the company's infrastructure.
Senior Software Engineer
Serverless
- Built a SaaS web app with Serverless Framework, React, TypeScript, and AWS.
- Handled OpenSearch and Influx data schema/index and operations.
- Did data ingestion with OpenTelemetry to a reports dashboard.
Senior Software Engineer
Startgrid
- Developed a SaaS platform with Meteor and Next.js, using front-end React/Redux.
- Built microservice applications with Go (REST and gRPC) and Python (mostly Airflow processes but also Click clients).
- Tuned an Elasticsearch back end and created data architecture.
Lab Specialist
University of São Paulo
- Managed department servers and applications.
- Programmed Django web applications for internal use and Delos: http://delos.eesc.usp.br.
- Developed Finite Element Analysis preprocessors.
Senior Web Developer (Python/Django)
Grafton Standard Garment
- Created an entire web app to manage items and allow searching on them.
- Used Backbone.js for the entire front end, Bootstrap for the framework, and Django/Tastypie API.
- Configured Nginx and WSGI in a Debian server and set up a Fabric deployment process for dev and live environments.
Contract Worker
Corkboard, LLC
- Configured and managed two Linux servers, where their main product runs with Apache Mail Server and Ruby on Rails.
- Developed scripts and routines in Python and Shell Script, such as AWS backup services.
- Fixed website bugs and helped on development.
Student
Google Summer of Code Program
- Developed a prototype to Gstreamer organization, providing transcoding to videos and audio streams in a UI.
Student
Google Summer of Code Program
- Discussed, projected, and developed a game engine for One Laptop Per Child (wiki.laptop.org/go/ISIS).
Consultant
Epals, Inc.
- Developed an application to integrate ePals Global Community website to OLPC.
Experience
Cifonauta
http://cifonauta.cebimar.usp.brGeodjango Project
Payment Modules
Tastypie API for File Sharing
Corkboard
Migux Social Game
Senior Software Engineer Work
http://www.sanas.ai• Built full-stack JavaScript applications (also with AWS Amplify), with React and Lambda JavaScript (serverless Amplify back end).
• Worked on DevOps tasks about AWS deployments.
• Helped with Python services for running AI models.
Full-stack Engineer Work
Front-end Engineer Work for Website Modernization
https://www.typecoach.comSkills
Languages
HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Go, Python, TypeScript, PHP, Bash, C, SQL, Java, XML, Sass
Libraries/APIs
React, Node.js, D3.js, Backbone.js, Three.js, Tastypie
Platforms
Linux, Meteor, Firebase, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Docker, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon EC2, osCommerce, MacOS, AWS Lambda
Storage
Elasticsearch, MongoDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), PostGIS, Memcached, Amazon DynamoDB, InfluxDB, Google Cloud
Other
Full-stack, Algorithms, Front-end, Back-end, WebSockets, Data Engineering, Shell Scripting, PyXPCOM, Gecko, Technical Leadership, Product Owner, Amazon Kinesis, OpenAI GPT-3 API, OpenAI GPT-4 API, Serverless, Videos, Development, Coding
Frameworks
Next.js, Redux, Django, Bootstrap, Chrome, gRPC, Flask, Serverless Framework, Express.js, Material UI
Paradigms
Functional Programming, Object-oriented Programming (OOP), Test-driven Development (TDD)
Tools
Vim Text Editor, Git, Apache Airflow, Kibana, Amazon CloudWatch, Django-admin-tools
Education
Master's Degree in Computer Science
University of São Paulo - São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science
University of São Paulo - São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
Certifications
Certified Scrum Product Owner® (CSPO®)
Scrum Alliance
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