Summary
Gabriel Sena is a Staff Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building cloud-native, big-data systems and delivering cost-effective business solutions across fintech and data-centric companies. He combines deep Scala, Java, and Node.js expertise with production experience in Spark, Flink, Kafka, and AWS to design scalable data pipelines and resilient architectures. At Global Payments and subsequent roles he has led software design and best-practice adoption while coordinating cross-functional teams to launch and scale products. Based in Charlotte, NC, Gabriel pairs strong organizational and interpersonal skills with hands-on engineering, often bridging platform engineering and data engineering responsibilities. Notably, his background spans both applied AI study at Johns Hopkins and practical full‑stack beginnings, giving him a rare mix of algorithmic awareness and production-ready systems thinking.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Johns Hopkins University
BFA GD, BFA GD at Appalachian State University
Computer Programming Computer Science, Computer Programming Computer Science at NC State College of Engineering
Architecture DNF, Architecture DNF at Wake Technical Community College
Portuguese, English