Danton Cancella
Staff Software Engineer at Neon
Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Top SchoolDanton Cancella is a Staff Software Engineer with over a decade of hands-on experience and a 17-year interest in technology and open source, grounded by a degree in Information Systems from PUC Minas. He has progressed from infrastructure and network roles into senior engineering and leadership positions at notable Brazilian tech companies including Neon, Sympla, PicPay and EBANX, specializing in architecture, design patterns and developer best practices. Known for bridging technical depth with team enablement, he has led engineering teams through growth phases and operational scaling while staying actively involved in code and system design. Based in Minas Gerais, he combines clear communication and collaborative energy with a pragmatic focus on reliable, maintainable systems. An avid coffee enthusiast, he brings both curiosity and steady execution to complex problems, often favoring practical patterns over theoretical complexity.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bacharel Sistemas de Informação, Bacharel Sistemas de Informação at PUC MinasEnsino Médio Ensino Médio, Ensino Médio Ensino Médio at E. E. Sagrada Familia
English, Spanish, Portuguese
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Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
ebanx/benjamin-local
Feb 2019 - Mar 2020
Contributions:5 reviews, 19 commits, 7 PRs in 1 year 1 month
owner-dev-local-processing
ebanx/woocommerce-gateway-ebanx-local
Dec 2019 - Mar 2021
Contributions:12 reviews, 8 PRs, 75 pushes in 1 year 3 months
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