Carlos Palhares
Lead Software Engineer at Power Home Remodeling
Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Top SchoolCarlos Palhares is a lead software engineer with 15 years of hands-on experience building web and mobile systems, currently leading engineering at Power Home Remodeling from Minas Gerais, Brazil. He blends deep multi-language expertise (Java, Ruby, C#, JavaScript, functional languages) with strong design and agile practices to drive pragmatic, test-driven delivery and continuous deployment. A founder-turned-consultant, he has shipped RESTful APIs, complex front-end clients and automated test suites while often acting as developer, DevOps and QA to close gaps. He favors simplicity—“less code, less bug”—and routinely automates repetitive work, pushing teams to solve the real problem rather than add more layers. His background includes early Ruby/Rails evangelism, contributions to consulting engagements at ThoughtWorks, and running a software house that helped seed the local developer community. Colleagues know him for deleting unnecessary code and designing systems “with love of neighbor,” balancing craftsmanship with practical impact.
15 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Technician, IT Management, Technician, IT Management at COTEMIGPost-Baccalaureate, Software Engineering, Post-Baccalaureate, Software Engineering at Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisThe Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais
English, Portuguese
Github Skills (200)
state-machine10
html10
spice10
reflection10
zsh10
php10
mls10
python10
bash10
ruby10
thor10
introspection10
oh-my-zsh10
cancancan10
inventory-management-system10
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
powerhome/cobra_commander
Sep 2018 - Jan 2023
Tools for working with Component Based Rails Apps
Contributions:5 releases, 29 reviews, 126 commits in 4 years 4 months
ruby-on-railsrailscomponent-basedruby
powerhome/audiences
Aug 2023 - Mar 2025
Audiences is a SCIM-integrated notifier for real-time Rails actions based on SCIM group changes.
Contributions:31 releases, 353 reviews, 442 PRs in 1 year 7 months
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