Summary
Emerson Luiz is a senior software and systems architect with 13 years of experience building cloud-native, multicloud platforms and leading engineering teams as CTO and Tech Lead. He combines hands-on development in Python, Go and JavaScript with deep DevOps expertise—Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform—and a track record of reconstructing platforms for scalability, performance and cost-efficiency across AWS, Azure and GCP. Emerson pairs product-focused leadership (KPIs, OKRs, squad formation) with security and compliance stewardship, having led LGPD/GDPR/ISO 27001-aligned policies and incident management as a member of security committees. He excels at turning AI and automation into practical business value, applying ML/IA to optimize processes and decision-making. Comfortable across the full stack and data layer (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Kafka), he is also notable for operationalizing hundreds of MVPs for startups, demonstrating rapid delivery and pragmatic architecture choices. Based in Minas Gerais, Brazil, he blends strategic vision with day-to-day technical mentorship, code review and hands-on problem solving.
13 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bacharel Ciências da Computação, Telecom, Bacharel Ciências da Computação, Telecom at UFMG - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Portuguese, English