Summary
Hugo Yamashita is a Staff Android Software Engineer based in São Paulo with eight years of professional experience building and modernizing mobile applications for major Brazilian companies like OLX, iFood, Itaú (via Zup) and PagSeguro. He specializes in Kotlin and Java Android development, applying MVVM, Kotlin Flow, Coroutines, SOLID and Clean Architecture to evolve legacy codebases and ship testable, maintainable features using both XML and Jetpack Compose. Beyond hands-on coding, he leads architecture discussions, authors team documentation and processes, and mentors engineers through onboarding and technical upskilling. Comfortable across lower-level languages (C/C++) and database modeling, Hugo blends strong computer science fundamentals with a pragmatic focus on developer experience and delivery. An avid learner who treats software development as a hobby, he often explores new languages and techniques to bring fresh ideas back to his teams.
8 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
MBA Software Engineering, MBA Software Engineering at Faculdade Metropolitana do Estado de São Paulo
Computer Engineering, Computer Engineering at Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Técnico em Informática High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates, Técnico em Informática High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates at Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica de São Paulo
English