Summary
Hilder Santos is a Full Stack Engineer with 10 years of experience and deep expertise in Elixir, having worked with the language since 2016 and at notable teams like Plataformatec and Bleacher Report. He specializes in building real-time, distributed systems with Phoenix, LiveView, WebSockets and OTP, while also owning API and architectural decisions that improve user experience and performance. His background spans front-end roots (HTML/CSS, JavaScript, React) to backend engineering, enabling him to bridge UI and systems concerns effectively. Hilder has launched products, mentored junior engineers, and worked in English-speaking environments full-time, demonstrating both technical leadership and clear communication. Based in São Paulo, he pairs pragmatic, test-driven development practices with production-grade tooling (Docker, AWS, PostgreSQL, Kafka) to deliver reliable, user-focused software.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Unicesumar
English, Portuguese