Fred Israel
Software Engineer - Search at Base dos Dados
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Summary
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Top SchoolFred Israel is a software engineer with nine years of experience building search and backend systems, currently working on Search at Google and co-founding the Brazilian data startup Base dos Dados. With a mathematics degree from PUC-Rio and early roots in C++ and computer graphics, he blends rigorous analytical thinking with practical engineering across startups and large tech firms. His background includes leading backend teams and shipping production services at companies like BizCapital and Schibsted, demonstrating an ability to move from prototype to reliable, scalable systems. Based in Rio de Janeiro, he’s driven by curiosity and problem-solving, often bridging product needs and data infrastructure in resource-constrained environments. Notably, he pairs deep technical craft with an entrepreneurial instinct—co-founding a data platform while contributing to search engineering at a hyperscale company.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
Github Skills (200)
azure-functions10
terraform10
backend10
chord-diagram10
whisper10
ckan10
aws-lambda10
graph10
vscode-extension10
open-data10
speech-to-text10
aws10
frontend10
r9
ai9
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
basedosdados/infra
Nov 2020 - Aug 2022
Contributions:18 commits, 9 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 9 months
polvoazul/zapzap_awards_presentation
Apr 2018 - Aug 2020
Contributions:7 commits, 5 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 4 months
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