Diego Pessoa is a Senior Full Stack Java Engineer and consultant with 11+ years of industry experience and a PhD in Computer Science, blending rigorous research with pragmatic software delivery. He builds scalable web and microservices architectures using Java, Spring Boot, Kafka and modern cloud-native practices, and holds a CKA credential enabling robust containerized deployments. As a professor at Instituto Federal da Paraíba for over a decade, he bridges academia and industry by teaching DataOps, Kubernetes, Docker, and Big Data while publishing research on data integration and software reuse. His background includes leading engineering work on video processing, Netflix OSS microservices, and DevOps automation across startups and consultancies. Diego’s practical expertise is complemented by a habit of lifelong learning and a knack for translating research insights into production-ready systems. Based in Paraíba, Brazil, he is particularly adept at integrating data-driven pipelines with reliable deployment infrastructure for scalable applications.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Computer Science, PhD, Computer Science at Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
Master's degree, Informatics, Master's degree, Informatics at Universidade Federal da Paraíba
Associate's degree, Sistemas para Internet, Associate's degree, Sistemas para Internet at Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia da Paraíba
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Diego Pessoa - Software Developer Consultant at Builder Prime