Cesar N.

Cesar N.

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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About Me

Cesar is a Senior Full-stack Developer with 10+ years of experience working on dozens of projects in eCommerce, sports championships, life insurance, healthcare, warehouse management, NFT, cryptocurrencies, and logistics using primarily Ruby on Rails and .NET. He builds high-quality and well-tested web systems and prototypes and develops user-friendly responsive interfaces. Cesar is also an experienced team lead who manages multidisciplinary teams and their continuous development.

AI, ML & LLM

Frontend

Backend

Database

QA & Testing

Other

Work history

UpStack
UpStack
Senior Full-stack Developer
2019 - Present (6 years)
Remote
  • Creating and developing innovative software solutions for clients across a broad range of industries.

  • Participating in scrums consisting of cross-functional teams, both software and hardware.

  • Ensuring that features are being delivered efficiently and on time.

Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors
Full-stack Engineer
2023 - 2024 (1 year)
Remote
  • Worked in two squads: Legacy Operations, responsible for solving technical debts and optimizing API performance, and Front-end Squad for maintaining and evolving the company’s front-end applications and tools.

  • Solved technical debts and improved platform performance and usability, performing code refactoring to optimize critical points identified by monitoring tools.

  • Cleaned unused legacy code, refactored bad code to enhance system stability and maintainability, and conducted code rescue on legacy systems to improve code stability and efficiency.

  • Participated in strategic meetings to define sprint priorities and align technical needs with company objectives and developed new features in legacy systems to meet current user needs.

  • Collaborated on building a new front-end application using React.js and TypeScript.

  • Contributed to defining the tech stack and patterns for new front-end applications through GitHub Discussions, ensuring adherence to company development standards.

Ruby on RailsReact.jsTypescriptTailwindStorybookApollo ClientGraphqlRESTful Services GitHub Actions New RelicRefactoring Optimization
Curacubby
Curacubby
Full-stack & DevOps Engineer
2023 - 2023
Remote
  • Created and implemented new product features and improved the platform performance to meet user needs and improve customer experience.

  • Monitored the main platform performance and availability, addressing technical debt and refactoring feature code to reduce performance bottlenecks.

  • Deployed and released experimental and exclusive features for specific client schools and education centers.

  • Monitored app performance on Heroku servers, supported outages, and scaled it based on usage metrics, ensuring stability and efficiency during high demand.

  • Troubleshot and resolved technical issues in production environment, reducing downtime and improving system reliability.

Blockparty
Blockparty
Full-stack Engineer
2022 - 2022
Remote
  • Created front-end applications for selling NFT collections on Ethereum.

  • Developed and architected a React.js application for a new marketplace platform dedicated to selling NFT collections.

  • Developed and published landing pages for the launch and sale of NFT collections in partnership with audiovisual artists.

  • Minted NFT collections on the Ethereum network and integrated with third-party payment platforms to support cryptocurrency purchase.

  • Collaborated closely with the back-end team to create serverless APIs, ensuring seamless integration and robust functionality for the new platform.

Grafeno
Grafeno
Full-stack Engineer & Tech Lead
2020 - 2022 (2 years)
São Paulo, Brazil
  • Built new products for the financial market, participated in strategic decisions alongside the marketing and product teams, and managed multidisciplinary teams and their continuous development.

  • Built API architecture using Ruby on Rails and consolidated the use of API-first methodology in the company.

  • Led the development of the company’s first React.js applications and created a React components library using Storybook based on the company's design system.

  • Led 15+ people in different teams (back-end, front-end, QA) and collaborated with multiple teams (marketing, DevOps, UX, operations) and other development squads to conceive and build new products.

  • Coordinated the lifecycle of 5+ successful projects, built the company’s first front-end React team, and trained new tech leads.

Working Minds
Working Minds
Full-stack Engineer & Tech Lead
2011 - 2019 (8 years)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Built custom-made software for clients from different market areas and maintained in-house projects.

  • Led the development of multiple projects in healthcare, life insurance, warehouse management, and eCommerce platforms.

  • Developed projects using Agile methodologies, QA tools, code review, and automated tests and maintained rescue legacy applications created by third-party vendors.

  • Recruited and trained team members and communicated with clients and partners to manage delivery deadlines and expectations.

Showcase

Full-stack Developer | Lead Architect - GoCup
Full-stack Developer | Lead Architect - GoCup
  • The platform, built with Ruby on Rails and React, manages infrastructure of soccer tournaments and is an eCommerce platform for the biggest children’s soccer tournament in Latin America, supporting multiple payment platforms.

  • The first production version was released within a challenging 4 month deadline in 2016 and is updated annually with new features to accommodate the tournament's growth.

  • The website is used by 10 administrators and receives over 10K viewers during the two-week event; it also supplies data for the official mobile app while system architecture, sprint planning, scope definition of releases and daily followups were managed.

Full-stack Developer - GS1 Source
Full-stack Developer - GS1 Source
  • Worked on GS1 source project as a Full-stack developer, involving maintenance of product barcodes globally.

  • Developed and managed subscription plans for consuming GS1 APIs, including request tracking, access control, usage statistics, and invoice generation.

  • Used React stack for the first time in collaboration with the company's .NET architect, and performed upgrades to the available APIs catalog.

Lead Architect - Mongeral Aegon - Life Insurance and Private Pension Simulators
Lead Architect - Mongeral Aegon - Life Insurance and Private Pension Simulators
  • An online and desktop simulation tool for Mongeral Aegon insurance brokers to create customized insurance plans based on client profile data.

  • First launched in 2015, the tool has had consistent updates and additions, including the integration of the company's latest product offerings.

  • In the first quarter of 2019, four new platform versions were successfully released without delays or bugs.

Education

Computer Science Degree
Computer Science Degree
CEFET/RJ - Brazil
2009 - 2017 (8 years)