Douglas Ferraz
Software Engineer at Google
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolDouglas Ferraz is a software engineer with a decade of experience building embedded and product-focused systems across healthcare, lighting, energy and automotive industries. He combines hands-on firmware and full-stack device work—delivering regulated medical monitors and low-power connected lighting—with product and partner-oriented leadership. At Nanoleaf he led technical development and represented the company in standards bodies such as Thread Group and Matter, and he later contributed embedded support to the high-profile Project CHIP (Matter) connected home project. His background also spans data science and commercial strategy, having built demand-forecast models and driven sales growth in energy markets. Now based in Toronto and working at Google, he brings a rare mix of machine-constrained ML, standards engagement, and pragmatic product delivery. Colleagues value him as a lead-by-example engineer who navigates both technical complexity and cross-company partnerships.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration (MBA) Business Administration and Management General, Master of Business Administration (MBA) Business Administration and Management General at IESE Business SchoolMaster of Science (MSc) Electrical Engineering / Energy, Master of Science (MSc) Electrical Engineering / Energy at Universidade Estadual de Campinas
English, Spanish, German, Portuguese
Github Skills (16)
ip10
matter-js10
smart-device10
microchip10
embedded10
iot10
c-language10
connected10
chips10
cprogramming-language10
system-on-chip10
sys10
connectivity10
protobuffer9
protobuf9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
project-chip/connectedhomeip
Nov 2021 - Nov 2022
Matter (formerly Project CHIP) creates more connections between more objects, simplifying development for manufacturers and increasing compatibility for consumers, guided by the Connectivity Standards Alliance.
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:56 reviews, 18 commits, 32 PRs in 11 months
Contributions summary:Douglas primarily contributed to the Matter (formerly Project CHIP) connected home project, focusing on embedded system aspects. Their work involved modifying and adding support for Pigweed RPC, including signed integer support and modifications to the proto files. They also made changes related to chef sample applications, including YAML configuration, and adding sleepy behavior for lighting apps for the nrfconnect platform, demonstrating an understanding of device behavior and integration within the Matter ecosystem.
connectivity-standards-alliancebuild-with-matterguidedzephyrconnectivity
rochaferraz/FreeFontConverter
Jul 2017 - Nov 2021
Contributions:15 pushes, 1 branch, 2 issues in 4 years 5 months
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