Gustavo Lira
Senior Software Engineer at Red Hat
Guará, Federal District, Brazil
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Top SchoolGustavo Lira is a Senior Software Engineer with over 15 years of Java expertise and a strong focus on cloud-native architectures, currently driving CI/CD, testing, and Backstage integrations at Red Hat. He blends deep backend knowledge—evidenced by contributions to the high-profile Infinispan data grid—with hands-on DevOps skills in Kubernetes, OpenShift, Docker, and serverless patterns (CKA/CKD certified). Previously he led Java strategy and training at 4Linux, designing CI/CD ecosystems and mentoring teams, and he brings notable experience in performance testing, system integration, and scalable microservices. Gustavo is an active open-source contributor who often works on storage and caching edge cases, showing a pragmatic approach to complex distributed systems. Based in Guará, Brazil, he combines technical leadership with client-facing consultancy and a penchant for turning architectural challenges into reliable, automated delivery pipelines.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Segurança da Informação, Tecnologia da Informação, Segurança da Informação, Tecnologia da Informação at Unicesp
Portuguese, English
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Github Skills (19)
caching10
java10
javas10
persistence10
infinispan10
datagrid10
testing9
junit9
jdbc8
nosql7
key-value-store7
angularjs-templates6
angular6
angular-directives6
angular-forms6
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
infinispan/infinispan
Nov 2018 - Jul 2022
Infinispan is an open source data grid platform and highly scalable NoSQL cloud data store.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:22 reviews, 71 commits, 76 PRs in 3 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Gustavo contributed to the Infinispan project by addressing bug fixes and enhancements related to data grid functionality. Their work involved resolving issues with expired events, JPA store tests, and reflection-related exceptions. The user also worked on migrating JDBC-based cache store functionalities and adding tests for queries and async-cache operations. The commits demonstrate expertise in data storage and caching mechanisms within the Infinispan platform.
persistent-storagedata-griddata-sourcescalablenosql
gustavolira/backstage-showcase
Dec 2023 - Apr 2025
Enterprise-ready Backstage distribution
Contributions:5 PRs, 646 pushes, 79 branches in 1 year 3 months
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