João Melo
Developer at Serpro
Brasília, Federal District, Brazil
Summary
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Top SchoolJoão Melo is a seasoned Software Engineer with 11 years of experience and a proven track record building scalable, performance-driven web and AI systems using JavaScript/TypeScript, Node.js, React, Next.js and PostgreSQL. He has shipped production platforms at startups and scale-ups—from leading microservices and CI/CD efforts to optimizing Coinbase’s homepage for millions of users—and recently contributed AI-focused features and novel algorithms (like Dynamic Top K) to the LangChain ecosystem. A self-taught coder who started writing Java plugins at 12, João blends hands-on engineering with mentorship and product-focused thinking, having led teams, reduced technical debt, and delivered high-impact features like RAG/embeddings and payment integrations. Based in São Paulo, he pairs technical depth with a love for travel and open-source projects (creator of Nodepad), bringing curiosity-driven creativity to every codebase he touches.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
MBA with focus in Management, Managament, MBA with focus in Management, Managament at Fundação Getúlio VargasBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Science at Universidade Federal de Alagoas
English, Portuguese
Github Skills (120)
ui-components10
hot-reload10
javascript10
vue-i18n10
testing-library10
vue-component10
vue10
vuetify10
cypress10
webpack10
webpack-plugin10
semantic10
webpack-loader10
frontend10
react10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
joaomelo/balance
Apr 2021 - Jan 2022
It is a web app that records accounts' balances (from credit cards or loans for example) and shows their evolution in a chart.
Contributions:2 PRs, 170 pushes, 8 branches in 9 months
reactcreditevolutionchartrecords
joaomelo/libt
Jan 2020 - Nov 2021
Libt is an opinionated JavaScript library template. The code itself has no practical utility; it serves as a placeholder to be replaced when using the template.
Contributions:17 PRs, 48 pushes, 19 branches in 1 year 10 months
templatejavascript-libraryjavascriptservespractical
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