Paulo Motta
Senior Research SDE at LNCC - National Laboratory of Scientific Computing
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Summary
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Top SchoolPaulo Motta is a seasoned software engineer with 15 years of experience specializing in cloud and distributed computing, server backends, and Java, based in New York. He currently builds Bloomberg’s Managed Cassandra platform and serves as an Apache Cassandra committer and PMC member, blending operational expertise with core database engineering. An active open-source contributor, he has improved tooling like apache/cassandra-ccm and the cassandra-chef-cookbook to enhance cross-platform compatibility and operational workflows. He holds an MSc in Distributed Computing and completed a master’s thesis on global deduplication for OpenStack object storage that earned a 19/20, reflecting his ability to turn research ideas into production-grade systems.
15 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science, Distributed Systems, Master of Science, Distributed Systems at Universidade Federal FluminenseBachelor, Computer Science, Bachelor, Computer Science at UERJPontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
English, Portuguese
Github Skills (13)
configuration-management10
command-line-tool10
chef-client10
chef-solo10
devops10
python10
cassandra10
cassandra-database10
command-line-tools10
subprocess9
testing7
java5
javas5
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
apache/cassandra-ccm
Jul 2015 - Jun 2017
A script to easily create and destroy an Apache Cassandra cluster on localhost
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Back-end Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:17 commits, 16 PRs, 8 comments in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Paulo primarily contributed to the `apache/cassandra-ccm` repository by adding features and improving the utility's functionality. They added support for different log levels and introduced new methods for waiting for compactions. Additionally, the user addressed Windows compatibility issues by exporting environment variables and made enhancements to the sstablesplit tool, including adding a debug option and returning results. The user also focused on refactoring and improving the internal workings of the utility.
cassandralocalhostapachecassandra-clusterapache-cassandra
michaelklishin/cassandra-chef-cookbook
Jan 2014 - Jan 2014
Chef cookbook for Apache Cassandra, DataStax Enterprise (DSE) and DataStax agent
Role in this project:Backend & DevOps Engineer
Backend & DevOps EngineerContributions:14 commits in 2 days
Contributions summary:Paulo primarily contributed to the configuration and maintenance of the Apache Cassandra Chef cookbook. They updated the cookbook to support new Cassandra configurations, including attributes for `max_hint_window_in_ms`, partitioner, and key cache settings. Furthermore, the user added support for properties files and modified the service definitions, adding support status. They also included JNA support, enabling additional functionality.
cookbookdseagentcassandraapache
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