João Melo
Staff Software Engineer at Loft
Santa Catarina, Brazil
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Top SchoolJoão Melo is a Staff Software Engineer based in Santa Catarina, Brazil, with nine years of modern backend-focused experience and over two decades in software development. He currently leads engineering work in Loft’s AI squad, shaping cloud-native architectures and production services using Node.js, TypeScript, Nest.js, SNS/SQS, DynamoDB and PostgreSQL. João has a strong track record of evolving legacy systems to cloud-friendly, containerized platforms, and driving adoption of CI, automated testing and scalable design patterns across organizations. He combines hands-on implementation with team strategy and mentoring, consistently turning business requirements into reliable, cost-conscious solutions. His background spans .NET, distributed systems, message brokers and performance engineering, giving him rare depth across both new cloud stacks and long-lived enterprise codebases. Colleagues know him as a pragmatic problem-solver who learns something useful every day and reliably backs up teammates to deliver value.
9 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science at FURB - Universidade Regional de BlumenauTechnologist’s Degree, Financial Management, Technologist’s Degree, Financial Management at UNISULSpecialization, Academia Agile, Specialization, Academia Agile at Global CodeTechnologist’s Degree, Software Development, Technologist’s Degree, Software Development at Centro de Educação Profissional Hermman Hering
English
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Github Skills (55)
face-detection10
docker10
amazon-sqs10
ecosystem10
facial-recognition10
huggingface10
api10
face-recognition10
golang10
messaging-api10
agentic-ai10
langchain9
oauth-client9
messaging9
container9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
benner-sistemas/oidc
Jun 2019 - Dec 2020
A lightweight .NET standard client library to use OpenID Connect over any Identity Server Solution, like WSO2, Keycloak, IdentityServer4.
Contributions:23 commits, 3 PRs, 27 pushes in 1 year 5 months
openidoidcclient-libraryauthenticationkeycloak
sanguedemonstro/docker-playground
Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
Contributions:34 commits, 25 pushes, 1 comment in 10 months
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