Summary
João Palharini is a Staff Software Engineer with 11 years of experience, currently shaping backend systems at Nubank with a focus on Clojure services running on Kubernetes in AWS. After an early career in customer support, he transitioned to infrastructure and engineering roles at Nubank, where he led the implementation of the company's first single sign-on platform using Okta and automated admin tasks with Clojure-based Lambdas. He combines deep operational familiarity with cloud-native deployments and practical full-stack experimentation through ClojureScript SPAs. Based in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, João is completing a BS in Computer Science while bringing a pragmatic, automation-first mindset to complex platform problems. An early fascination with PCs and games informs his long-standing curiosity about systems, which shows up in his preference for tooling and automation over manual work.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Bachelor of Science (BS) at Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos
Bachelor of Science - BS, Bachelor of Science - BS at Complexo de Ensino Superior -IMED
High School / Technical Course, High School / Technical Course at IFSul - Campus Sapucaia do Sul
Portuguese, English, Spanish