Giovanni Cruz

Responsible for leading, architecting, and developing applications for the Brand Ads product, an advertising solution by Mercado Livre that enables advertisers to highlight their brands and products in search results. The role involves working with technologies such as Java 17+ (Javalin and Spring), Python, and provisioning services through the proprietary infrastructure platform "Fury," including Queues (BigQueue), relational databases (MySQL), and non-relational databases (KVS, NoSQL, Cache, and Document Search). Expertise in using observability tools for problem identification and resolution, such as Datadog, Kibana, New Relic, and Open Telemetry. Additionally, responsible for providing feedback, conducting 1:1 sessions with other Software Engineers in the team, both junior-level and peers of the same seniority.

Responsible for leading the team in technical decisions, designing high-level solutions, leading Scrum ceremonies such as technical reviews and refinements, in addition to responsibilities as a Backend Specialist within the team. Participation in the development and maintenance of services and solutions for the Personal and Business Account Registration team in Know Your Customer (KYC) policies with high availability and high impact for all other C6 Bank services.

* Products:   - TechInvest (C6 Bank Managed Portfolios)   - Investment funds   - Retirement plans   - Individual/Corporate registration * Technologies:   - Kotlin   - Spring   - Apache Kafka   - Prometheus   - Grafana   - Microservices architecture   - Hexagonal Architecture   - PostgreSQL   - AWS

* Products:   - Fraud prevention   - Biometric validation, Proof of life,   - Migration of Pag! customers -> Will Bank * Technologies:   - Node (Typescript, Javascript)   - Java (Spring)   - Docker   - AWS   - Jenkins/Bitbucket Pipelines   - BFF (Backend For Frontend)   - PostgreSQL   - Redis   - Clean Code and Clean Architecture   - Microservices architecture

* Products:   - New Catho Empresas website (Quantum Style Guide)   - Integration with Brillium application platform + "Busca Certa" Product   - B2B recruitment products e-commerce (Catho Empresas)   - Company and recruiter signup page for qualified leads conversion * Technologies:   - Node (Javascript and Typescript)   - Next, React, and Styled Components   - PHP 4/5 (Legacy)   - Go   - Python (Flask)   - Salesforce   - AWS (Lambdas, SQS, SNS, API Gateway)   - Jenkins/Github Actions

Responsible for developing functionalities and maintaining Backoffice and Checkout for a scholarship e-commerce platform for Catho Educação's partner universities, using PHP 5.6/7, MySQL, HTML, CSS, Javascript, MySQL, and Lead generation integrations with Salesforce. Participation in migrating the product "Teste Vocacional Jobstreet Malaysia" to Catho Edu Brazil, using React, Redux, CSS, Cypress, Jest. Maintenance and development of new functionalities in Catho Edu's microservices environment for various features using Node (Javascript and Typescript) and API Gateway (in house). Maintenance and development of Catho Edu's scholarship search website using React, Redux, SSR (in house), Contentful CMS, and Elastic Search. Responsible for developing the new website for OCC Educación, a partner of Catho Edu in Mexico, using React, Redux, Contentful CMS, and Elastic Search. Responsible for developing the product "Quick Courses Marketplace" with integration with educational partners using React, Redux, Next, Node (Typescript). During my tenure at the company, I had the opportunity to participate in international projects, which allowed me to learn about new cultures and work with people from other countries (Mexico, Thailand, and Australia). I was exposed to team organization in Squads (Spotify Model) and OKRs. In addition to acquiring new Soft Skills, I had the chance to work with evaluation cycles and feedback, which enabled me to develop by learning to give/receive feedback from my peers and manager. Furthermore, I gained experience with CI/CD technologies like CircleCI and later Github Actions, using Docker and various AWS services for deployments, such as SQS, SNS, EC2, ECS (Fargate), CloudFormation, and Elastic Beanstalk. In terms of metrics and logs, I worked with Datadog, Cloudwatch, and Kibana.

Responsible for developing new functionalities for alert, monitoring, reporting, and disaster prevention systems in the agricultural, construction, and railway sectors. During my time at the company, I was able to learn more about the criticality and availability of applications, ensuring that essential services are provided to the population. Additionally, it was my first experience with agile methodologies and organizing lean teams. Deliveries were made using PHP 5.6/7, Symfony, Node, Javascript, HTML, CSS, jQuery, and Bootstrap.

Responsible for product management, team management, client relations, and addressing demands alongside the company owner, as well as providing technical guidance and ensuring timely delivery of projects. Additionally, I held the role of technical leadership, performing more sensitive activities and maintaining close proximity to the client. During this period, I experienced both the managerial aspect close to the clients while still maintaining technical leadership, utilizing PHP 5.6/7, Laravel, PostgreSQL, MySQL, AWS, and Digital Ocean.

Responsible for developing new functionalities and maintaining an ERP system for managing franchises in the beauty and skincare sector, using PHP 5.6/7, Laravel, PostgreSQL, MySQL, AWS, Digital Ocean, and UML Documentation. Responsible for providing technical leadership to the development team, analyzing demands, projecting deadlines, and liaising with partner companies. During my time at the company, I was responsible for the new version of the ERP system and for migrating projects from the Digital Ocean cloud to AWS.

Responsible for customer service and support via tickets and PABX for a franchise management ERP in the beauty and skincare industry.