Summary
Fabio Picchi is a Senior Data Engineer based in São Paulo with 13 years of hands-on experience building data pipelines and production systems, currently focused on geospatial and remote sensing workflows. He designs and optimizes large-scale data processing for LiDAR, hyperspectral imagery and massive image sets, often improving performance-critical Python processors running in Kubernetes and Dagster. Fabio combines a background in text-based ML, Java backend and Android development with a long-running passion for game development—he co-founded two indie studios and leads programming on a Unity metroidvania. Comfortable across the stack, he blends practical infrastructure know-how (AWS, self-hosted orchestration) with applied ML for embeddings and vector databases in AI products. His profile is notable for moving between playful creative projects and rigorous, data-heavy engineering, bringing both product empathy and operational rigor to complex pipelines.
13 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Engineering, Bachelor's degree Computer Engineering at USP - Universidade de São Paulo
English, Portuguese