Hugo Melo
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolHugo Melo is a Senior Software Engineer with 13 years building production web applications and payment systems, currently staffing high-risk software and AI projects at Derisk Labs in New York. He has a strong Ruby/Rails and full‑stack background, with hands-on experience designing OCR pipelines, ACH billing and analytics caching systems that automated workflows and unlocked in-app payments. Hugo has a track record of modernizing legacy codebases—introducing component libraries, security fixes and modular design patterns—to deliver faster feature velocity and more reliable systems. His work spans startups and civic tech, including customer-facing services for Code for America and projects that improved operational efficiency at Freshly and Liscio. Known for blending technical craft with practical product thinking, he also moonlights building freestyle raps and side projects that reflect a playful curiosity outside engineering. Hugos’ combination of deep Rails expertise, payment/infrastructure experience, and a knack for automating manual processes makes him effective at taking messy systems to production-ready.
13 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at App Academy
French, Spanish, English
Github Skills (91)
vimium10
javascript10
exchange10
vundle10
controlled10
nodejs10
css10
gekko10
math10
react10
time-tracking9
trading9
trading-bot9
statusline9
backbone9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
squanto/squanto.github.com
Oct 2014 - Jan 2023
Contributions:32 commits, 23 pushes, 3 branches in 8 years 4 months
squanto/dotfiles
Jun 2016 - Feb 2024
Contributions:59 pushes, 7 branches in 7 years 9 months
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