Summary
André Maia is a Staff Software Engineer with over 13 years of hands-on experience and 18+ years of industry involvement in architecting and scaling data-intensive, highly available systems across cloud and on-prem environments. He has led engineering and architecture at high-growth fintechs, helping build platforms that process hundreds of millions of transactions per day and supported a startup through a $20B+ valuation journey. His expertise spans distributed systems, SQL/NoSQL databases, Kafka, message brokers, and languages like Kotlin and TypeScript, with proven impact in cost reduction, resilience, and CD/SDLC improvements. A seasoned people leader and mentor, he blends pragmatic engineering with organizational change—establishing telemetry, on-call, testing and feature-flag practices across teams. Currently pursuing a master’s at POLI-USP, he also contributes to climate research through data engineering and data science work, bringing an uncommon mix of production-grade systems experience and academic curiosity.
13 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computer Engineering, Master's degree, Computer Engineering at Escola Politécnica da USP
Mackenzie Presbyterian University