Summary
Daidson Alves is a Senior Data Engineer with nine years of experience building data platforms and delivering Data & AI solutions for banking, insurance and large retail clients across LATAM. He combines hands-on cloud expertise (AWS, GCP, Azure, Databricks) with leadership in consultancy settings, having led 15+ person teams and acted as technical principal on major retail engagements. Comfortable across data engineering, governance and MLaaS, he focuses on making governed, PII-aware data available for consumers and stakeholders to drive business outcomes. His consulting résumé includes Accenture, Thoughtworks and Bradesco, with direct delivery to dozens of financial and retail brands—evidence of strong domain fluency in regulated industries. An active contributor to Thoughtworks’ Data Governance Guild, he blends practical engineering with policy and standards work that improves long-term data product quality. Unusually for a senior engineer, his background spans mechatronics, oceanography and ESL teaching, reflecting a broad curiosity that informs creative, cross-disciplinary problem solving.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Australian National University
Graduação Ciência da Computação, Graduação Ciência da Computação at UniFBV Wyden
Master's degree Computer Science, Master's degree Computer Science at Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
Licentiate degree Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor, Licentiate degree Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor at Cultura Inglesa
Mechatronic Engineering Mechatronics Robotics and Automation Engineering, Mechatronic Engineering Mechatronics Robotics and Automation Engineering at Universidade de Pernambuco