Summary
Cícero Pahins is a Director of Engineering based in São Paulo with 14 years of experience building cloud-native data platforms, ML infrastructure, and resilient production systems. He currently leads 70+ engineers at Jusbrasil, driving observability, cost optimization, and high-availability data workflows that process inputs from 100+ sources using Spark, Kafka, Kubernetes and BigQuery. His background blends academic rigor (PhD in Computer Science) and applied ML/Big Data research with hands-on leadership across product, SRE, security and data acquisition teams. Known for embedding security and self-service practices into platforms, he moved teams from research prototypes to scalable production pipelines and created a feature-rich AI/ML lifecycle at Wildlife Studios. Notably, he bets that production AI is limited by engineering harnesses rather than models—shaping his focus on tooling, automation, and operational excellence.
14 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Computer Science, Master's degree Computer Science at Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Master of Business Administration - MBA Leadership Innovation and Management, Master of Business Administration - MBA Leadership Innovation and Management at Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul
English, French