Gabriel Vilar is a seasoned software engineer and entrepreneur with over 15 years of experience building backend systems, web and mobile apps, and game servers, currently co-founding BuscaTrade and running Codei Technology from Nagoya, Japan. He specializes in Node.js, TypeScript, Lua/FiveM, React/React Native and cloud-native tooling (Docker, Kubernetes, AWS), delivering high-performance, scalable solutions across gaming and fintech domains. Comfortable leading multicultural teams across Brazil, Chile, Peru and Japan, he blends hands-on engineering with product and operational leadership as a former CTO and long-term Linux/open-source contributor. Beyond commercial work, Gabriel has an active history organizing and speaking at community events (FLISOL, PotiLivre) and contributing to projects like GNOME Brasil and Debian translation efforts. He pairs a pragmatic focus on clean code, TDD and CI/CD with a curiosity for DevOps and emerging Lua/FiveM projects, reflecting a continual learning mindset. A practical problem-solver, he often mixes game-development approaches with traditional backend patterns to solve real-world product challenges.
15 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor in Information Systems, Análise de sistemas, Bachelor in Information Systems, Análise de sistemas at Universidade Potiguar
Bootcamp GoStack 7, Programação de Computadores, 10, Bootcamp GoStack 7, Programação de Computadores, 10 at Rocketseat
Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Portuguese, English, Spanish, Japanese
Contributions:79 commits, 2 PRs, 53 pushes in 9 years 7 months
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