Summary
Heitor Polidoro is a Senior Developer based in São Paulo with six years in modern backend engineering and a programming journey that began around 1995. He brings hands-on expertise across Python, Elixir, Ruby, Java, and systems engineering—having led teams and projects from microcontroller work to cloud-native services at companies like Firstcard, Buser, mLabs and Quero Educação. He has repeatedly stepped into tech lead and team lead roles, launching a Django-based real-time monitoring system for buses and guiding backend architectures using Postgres, Kafka, SQS and Fargate. A self-described Python lover and Elixir enthusiast, Heitor pairs pragmatic production experience with deep low-level roots in Assembly and C/C++. Collected academic training in computer science and mechatronics from Universidade de São Paulo underpins his ability to bridge hardware-aware thinking with scalable backend design. He stands out for blending long-term, language-spanning curiosity with a track record of shipping reliable, operational systems in fast-moving teams.
6 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Técnico em Informática Industrial, Técnico em Informática Industrial at Colégio Técnico ETEP
University of São Paulo