Summary
Armando Almeida is a Staff Software Engineer specializing in backend systems, microservices and DevOps with a decade of experience building high-availability billing and payments platforms at PicPay, one of Brazil’s largest digital banks. He has led migrations from monoliths to scalable microservices, introduced canary deployments and proactive monitoring, and designed architectures that support the company’s main revenue product. As a former tech lead and cofounder, he combines hands-on PHP/Node.js development with cloud ops expertise (AWS) and a pragmatic approach to CI/CD. He mentors engineers on backend, architecture and operational best practices while collaborating closely with product and management. His background includes end-to-end product ownership—from payment integrations to mobile and web clients—reflecting both startup grit and enterprise-scale reliability. Based in Pará, Brazil, he blends academic training in computer engineering with real-world experience shipping systems that serve millions of users.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bacharelado Engenharia da Computação, Bacharelado Engenharia da Computação at Universidade Federal do Pará
Postgraduate Degree Full Cycle Archtecture, Postgraduate Degree Full Cycle Archtecture at Faculdade Brasília