Summary
Fábio Nicolau is a founder, principal engineer and creative technologist with 15+ years of hands-on experience building scalable systems that span IoT, XR, cloud infrastructure and data-driven automation. He founded Banana Groove Studios to deliver bespoke integrations—from nationwide IoT hotspots serving millions to XR activations and AI-driven prototypes—combining firmware, backend services and real-time dashboards. Comfortable both coding and shaping architecture, he routinely translates emerging tech (Unreal, OpenAI, Terraform, GCP/AWS) into production-ready tools, APIs and self-healing operations. His background includes rebuilding legacy cloud platforms, running LiveOps at scale for games, and creating an internship pipeline that converted 100% of interns to full-time hires. Based in São Paulo, he is self-taught, highly pragmatic, and particularly effective at turning experimental R&D into measurable business value.
15 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
A Crash Course on Creativity, Marketing/Marketing Management, General, A Crash Course on Creativity, Marketing/Marketing Management, General at Stanford University
Bachelor's degree, Data Science, Bachelor's degree, Data Science at Univesp Oficial
Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Projects, Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Projects at Fatec Sebrae
English, Spanish, Portuguese, French