Daniel N.

Daniel N.

Porto Alegre, Brazil
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About Me

Daniel is a Senior Full-stack Developer with CTO experience, strong project management skills, and a detail-oriented approach to overseeing projects from start to finish. With 20+ years of experience and background in developing, scaling, architecting, securing, and maintaining large-scale web applications, microservices, and APIs in highly critical environments, he serves millions of users in the finance, healthcare, and telco industries. Daniel works on software development, design, and architecture, ensuring solutions remain functional and provide the best possible user experience. He evaluates and analyzes technical issues to resolve them and maintain all systems within best practices.

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Work history

UpStack
UpStack
Senior Full-stack Developer
2022 - Present (3 years)
Remote
  • Creating and developing innovative software solutions for clients across a broad of industries.

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

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

Kinship | Freelance
Kinship | Freelance
Tech Lead | Senior Engineering Lead
2023 - Present (2 years)
Remote
  • Developed Apple Pay integration for the Kinship mobile app, increasing subscription revenue by 65%.

  • Developed many different integrations with third-party services (Iterable, Transcend, and some other tools from Mars).

  • Integrating with a new business partnership from UK, creating a seamless experience for clients using the Kinship app.

Engineering Management JavaVue.jsGraphqlLangChain OpenAI API Large Language Models (LLMs) React.jsSpring BootAWS EKSAWS S3SSOAWS RDSREST APIs Apple Pay
Luxera
Luxera
Engineering Lead
2022 - 2023 (1 year)
Remote
  • Created cloud formation scripts to create and migrate current users to the new user pool using the Lambda trigger option.

  • Enabled MFA to increase the security level authentication to EHR (Electronic Health Record) modules.

  • Created a state machine to handle occupancy status in the EHR module, improving accuracy and occupancy rates.

  • Developed a dozen services with Spring Boot to support all business requirements for clinical and billing modules.

  • Developed batch jobs to process occupancy status and billing data.

  • Delivered software 5x faster than expected through legacy platform modernization, switching the architecture to microservices with Java/Spring Cloud and micro-frontend in Vue.js.

  • Increased new users to the platform by 15% after AWS Cognito user pool migration to allow a new set of sign-in options.

  • Reduced the total number of new issues and regressions across all teams by 30%.

  • Increased unit and integration test coverage by 85% using Spock framework.

Engineering Management JavaGroovySpring CloudSpring BootSpockVue.jsPostgreSQLAWS S3AWS SNSAWS CloudFormationAWS CognitoAWS Fargate Healthcare AWS RDSLambdaMulti-factor Authentication (MFA) Electronic Health Records (EHR) State Machines Integration TestingUnit Testing
Zul Digital
Zul Digital
Senior Software Engineer
2022 - 2022
Remote
  • Developed new microservices with Java and Kotlin using both Spring Boot and Micronaut.

  • Worked on SEO optimization in React application and WordPress key contents, increasing organic traffic threefold.

  • Discussed and developed wireframes with the business to create a complete new experience on the web platform.

  • Estimated to increase corporate sales by 15% by integrating with a new payment gateway from BS2 Bank allowing enterprise accounts to pay their bills (microservice built with Spring Boot and Kotlin).

  • Estimated to achieve a 25% increase in revenue in 2023 by creating a web platform in React.js to provide current users the ability to pay their car taxes on a web platform.

  • Increased the page speed rank from 35 to 95 in both mobile and desktop versions through tuning and optimizations.

Axur
Axur
Business Development Consultant
2019 - 2019
Porto Alegre, Brazil
  • Developed APIs in Go that measure the risk level of accounts and passwords that have already been leaked, reducing 10% of security breaches on authentication.

  • Created a new brand site to www.minhasenha.com and automated workflows to identify potential customers, increasing lead generation by 5%.

  • Created wireframes for hypothesis validation and presented them to potential customers to collect feedback.

  • Created workflows to identify corporate accounts with leaked credentials to fill the sales pipeline with new leads.

  • Conducted 80+ qualitative researches with C-levels, potential customers, security specialists to collect feedback and identify pain points to be explored by the product.

Mutuus Seguros
Mutuus Seguros
CTO
2018 - 2022 (4 years)
Porto Alegre, Brazil
  • Led a team of 10+ engineers to manage and maintain the network, software, and cloud infrastructure.

  • Introduced modern technologies on products, evolving the product roadmap to align with the company's growth and innovation needs.

  • Provided new solutions to improve processes, enhance the viability of IT systems, and deliver high-quality products.

  • Launched a web platform developed in React and back end in Java using a BFF pattern, reducing by 25% the support from sales people.

  • Redesigned the online questionnaire in React and optimized the Java microservices that it supports, increasing the conversion rate by 10%.

  • Delivered 8x faster data integration and synchronization between Active Campaign, HubSpot, and internal back-office tools using n8n, a no-code platform.

  • Integrated Google and Facebook campaigns and company systems (customer questionnaires and sales tools), reducing CPL (cost per lead) by 50%.

Schoolastic
Schoolastic
CTO
2015 - 2018 (3 years)
Porto Alegre, Brazil
  • Worked with developers to migrate the Schoolastic app to native tech stacks, optimizing it for speed and scalability.

  • Implemented new solutions to increase user experience and overall mobile app experience, reducing user complaints by 95%.

  • Built and deployed scalable digital products and solutions that adhere to mobile best practices and techniques.

Dentsu World Services
Dentsu World Services
Project Manager
2015 - 2017 (2 years)
Porto Alegre, Brazil
  • Led a team of 20+ professionals to deliver cross-functional, cross-team, and cross-plan efforts on enterprise projects.

  • Planned, forecasted, and managed resource allocation/cost approvals and influenced the outcome of initiatives and priorities.

  • Established a framework to mentor local teams/talent and introduced career development best practices to improve performance.

  • Delivered a better experience to customers rent-a-car in a digital transformation project with a front end in React.js, mobile in Objective-C/Kotlin, and back end in Java and Solr, resulting in a 10% revenue increase.

  • Recovered $15M in revenue by adding support to old IE versions (7 and 8) after a digital transformation project that adopted a modern front-end architecture with React.

  • Mentored the local team aligned with global career development practices (1:1s, monthly reviews, round robins, nine box, performance reviews).

Ewave do Brasil
Ewave do Brasil
Project Manager
2013 - 2015 (2 years)
São Paulo, Brazil
  • Managed large, complex, and enterprise-wide technical and business-oriented projects.

  • Involved in diligent change management with clients, reducing the project's financial loss by 50%.

  • Improved customer satisfaction by 20% through transparent management, meeting deadlines, and creating plans to avoid additional charges.

  • Managed project delivery and financials for clients like Camargo Correa, Porto Seguro, Pontos Multiplus.

Savoir Faire
Savoir Faire
Project Manager
2010 - 2013 (3 years)
São Paulo, Brazil
  • Oversaw the delivery of multiple digital transformation projects for Grupo Fleury, working on a new website and exams platform.

  • Adopted a new regulatory protocol (TISS) to enhance and scale the process for new insurers.

  • Coordinated and oversaw the execution of all project tasks and workstreams by the SOA team from Grupo Fleury.

  • Created a domain of services in Oracle SOA Suite and orchestrated them with different projects across the organization, increasing the reuse of services by 70%.

  • Led the CoE SOA team and participated in SOA adoption initiatives, preparing the methodology, artifacts, PoC, and software decisions (Oracle SOA Suite).

Sompo Seguros
Sompo Seguros
Software Architect
2008 - 2010 (2 years)
São Paulo, Brazil
  • Actively participated in digital transformation and integration projects for clients.

  • Designed, built, and deployed a new IT architecture with improved services and SLA on the insurance portal and platform.

  • Overhauled API integrations with the platform, creating a new business model with increased revenues of R$30M.

  • Led a dozen integration projects between legacy systems using WebSphere Message Broker (IBM App Connect Enterprise).

JavaSoftware ArchitectureSolution Architecture SpringSQLDigital TransformationInsuranceAPI Integrations WebSphere Message Broker IntegrationIntegration ArchitectIBM API Connect CICS IBM Websphere MQWebSphere Portal Server Websphere Application ServerDB2OracleSQL Server

Showcase

Business Development Consultant - Hashcast
Business Development Consultant - Hashcast
  • Hashcast™ detects employee email, password, and hash leakage across the web, including deep and dark web.

  • The project developed Proof of Concepts (PoCs) to validate security use cases.

  • Hashcast™ created an MVP to showcase new services offered by Axur.

CTO - Mutuus Seguros
CTO - Mutuus Seguros
  • Supervised the development and implementation of a new digital brokerage platform for Mutuus.

  • Implemented network, IT architecture, and cloud infrastructure for the platform.

  • Managed system automation and integrations with insurance companies to increase sales.

Education

PGD Artificial Intelligence (in progress - until Dec 2025)
PGD Artificial Intelligence (in progress - until Dec 2025)
Universidade de São Paulo (USP) - Brazil
2024 - Present (1 year)
Executive MBA, IT Management
Executive MBA, IT Management
BSP (Business School São Paulo) - Brazil
2010 - 2011 (1 year)
PMP - Project Management Professional
PMP - Project Management Professional
Project Management Institute
2009 - 2009
Associate's Degree, Management Information Systems
Associate's Degree, Management Information Systems
UNIBTA - Centro Universitário - Brazil
2006 - 2008 (2 years)
Bachelor's Degree, Electrical Engineering
Bachelor's Degree, Electrical Engineering
Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU) - Brazil
2001 - 2005 (4 years)