Gio Torres
Tech Lead Software Engineer at Jaya Tech
São Paulo, Brazil
Summary
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Top SchoolGio Torres is a Tech Lead Software Engineer based in São Paulo with 10 years of experience building and scaling backend systems, leading teams, and bootstrapping products from zero to production. A certified Scrum Master and Scrum Developer, he blends hands-on Elixir/Erlang expertise with pragmatic leadership to continuously deliver high-quality software and coach motivated teams. He has architected real-time, API-driven systems integrating IoT and third-party providers at SumUp and led fullstack initiatives using Phoenix, React, GraphQL, PostgreSQL and RabbitMQ. An active open-source contributor, he has worked on Helpy’s helpdesk APIs and localized MDN’s Kumascript into Brazilian Portuguese, signaling both backend rigor and attention to global developer experience. Known for fast iteration and pragmatic migrations, he pairs a deep systems background (from optimization in C++/CPLEX to cloud-native deployments) with a curiosity for functional programming and continuous learning.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science at Universidade Federal de ViçosaFull Stack Ruby on Rails Software Engineer, Engenharia de Software, Full Stack Ruby on Rails Software Engineer, Engenharia de Software at Johns Hopkins Engineering for Professionals
Portuguese, French, English
Github Skills (22)
back-end-development10
apidoc10
testing10
rspec10
user-authentication10
authentication10
internationalization10
rails10
localization10
api10
error-handling10
test-unit10
ruby-on-rails10
sup9
su9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
mdn/kumascript
Apr 2018 - Nov 2018
Bringing scripting to the wiki bears.
Role in this project:
Localization / Internationalization Specialist
Localization / Internationalization SpecialistContributions:8 commits, 11 PRs, 3 comments in 7 months
Contributions summary:Gio's contributions primarily involved translating the `kumascript` repository's documentation and interface elements into Brazilian Portuguese (pt-BR). This included translating text within macros like `PreviousMenuNext.ejs`, `LearnSidebar.ejs`, `Glossary.ejs`, `CompatibilityTable.ejs`, `SeeCompatTable.ejs`, `HTMLSidebar.ejs`, and `JsSidebar.ejs`. The user also corrected translations and ensured accurate localization of various UI components and documentation across the MDN project.
wikibearsscriptingbringing
helpyio/helpy
May 2017 - May 2017
Helpy is a modern, open source helpdesk customer support application. Features include knowledgebase, community discussions and support tickets integrated with email.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:12 commits, 2 PRs, 6 comments in 1 day
Contributions summary:Gio focused on implementing and testing API endpoints related to ticket creation within the Helpy application. They developed tests to ensure functionality for creating tickets via email, including handling scenarios for both registered and non-registered users. Their contributions included adding logic to create new user registration and validation of input parameters, with a strong emphasis on error handling and access control within the API. This involved creating and modifying tests to cover various edge cases.
integratedsupport-ticketsforumemailknowledge-base
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