Jean Brito
Software Engineer at Rocket.Chat
Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Summary
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Top SchoolJean Brito is a software engineer with 13 years of hands-on experience building full-stack and desktop applications from Brazil's agro tech to open-source communications. Currently maintainer of Rocket.Chat's Electron desktop client, he blends frontend TypeScript and UI work with backend integrations and cross-platform delivery for Windows, macOS and Linux. His background spans Ruby on Rails, Node.js, DevOps on AWS (including GPU instances for ML workloads), and high-performance data systems for agritech and finance products. Comfortable with both embedded firmware roots and cloud-native architectures, he brings practical expertise in performance tuning, large-data migrations and system reliability. Colleagues value him for shipping pragmatic features—like video chat behaviors and user-agent fixes—that improve real-world usability across platforms.
13 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bacharel, Sistemas de Informação, Bacharel, Sistemas de Informação at Faccat - Faculdades Integradas de Taquara - RSTechnical Course in Microcontrollers Electronics, Electronics, Technical Course in Microcontrollers Electronics, Electronics at Monteiro Lobato Technical School – Cimol
Github Skills (13)
gui-application10
chat10
typescript10
javascript10
typescripts10
front-end-development10
electron10
desktop-application10
collaboration10
react10
typescript-types10
desktop10
meteor9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
RocketChat/Rocket.Chat.Electron
Nov 2021 - Jan 2023
Official OSX, Windows, and Linux Desktop Clients for Rocket.Chat
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:28 releases, 9 reviews, 206 commits in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Jean implemented settings features and UI components for the Rocket.Chat Electron desktop client. Their contributions included adding settings to open video chat in the application or an external browser, creating features for flash frame, and adding a settings option for minimize on close. They also worked on correcting and adjusting the user agent string for improved functionality.
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RocketChat/Rocket.Chat
Apr 2022 - Sep 2022
The communications platform that puts data protection first.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:32 reviews, 10 commits, 28 PRs in 5 months
Contributions summary:Jean primarily contributed to converting existing components and files to TypeScript, focusing on the frontend aspects of the Rocket.Chat platform. These changes involved refactoring UI elements, such as notification statuses, admin sidebar, and omnichannel components, to improve code maintainability and type safety. They also made changes to various supporting files related to the frontend, including user auto-complete and thread components.
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