Afonso Praça
Principal Solutions Engineer II at VTEX
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolAfonso Praça is a Principal Solutions Engineer with 13 years of experience architecting and enabling digital commerce at VTEX, now based in New York. He progressed through engineering, product, and leadership roles at VTEX—ranging from full-stack developer to product lead, engineering manager, and enablement leader—giving him a rare blend of hands-on technical depth and go-to-market product strategy. He helps global brands adopt composable commerce patterns and serves on the MACH Alliance Tech Council, reflecting his commitment to modern, modular architectures. An MBA from FGV complements his technical background (BSE in IT) and informs his ability to translate business needs into scalable technical solutions. Colleagues note his knack for turning platform roadmaps into practical developer workflows and partner-ready implementations. Quietly, he pairs design sensibility from early creative agency work with rigorous systems thinking, making him effective at bridging product, engineering, and customer success.
13 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration - MBA Business Administration and Management, Master of Business Administration - MBA Business Administration and Management at FGV - Fundação Getulio VargasBSE Information Technology, BSE Information Technology at Federal University of the State of Rio de JaneiroTechnology Course Computer Networks and Internet - Project and Administration, Technology Course Computer Networks and Internet - Project and Administration at SENAI - RJ
English, Portuguese, Spanish
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Github Skills (46)
xp-developer9
angular-ui-router9
angular-pagination9
frontend9
store-framework9
graphql9
resolvers8
graphql-schema8
bootstrap7
jquery7
google-maps-api6
knockoutjs6
google-maps6
angularjs6
angularjs-directive6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
vtex/front.messages
Nov 2014 - Apr 2016
jQuery and Bootstrap based messages plugin
Contributions:82 commits, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 5 months
bootstrapjqueryxp-shoppingsrv-checkout-ui
afonso-praca/pilates-lovers-css-builder
Nov 2014 - Feb 2016
Contributions:44 commits, 28 pushes, 2 issues in 1 year 3 months
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