João Pandolfi is a CTO and AI specialist with over a decade of hands-on experience building scalable, data-driven systems and leading engineering teams from startup to scale. He has designed and implemented low-footprint, high-performance architectures for constrained environments, led ML infrastructure and deployment at billion-event scale, and pioneered ML operations as the first Machine Learning Engineer at PicPay. João blends deep research training (MSc in Artificial Intelligence) with product-minded engineering: from OCR and stereo-vision research to deploying reinforcement learning pilots and A/B systems that materially increased game revenue. He has repeatedly taken technology from zero to production—building sample tracking and lab automation pipelines, lightweight client-facing systems for low-connectivity users, and automated model training/monitoring environments. Based in São Paulo, he combines director-level ownership with day-to-day coding, a strong security/performance paranoia, and practical lab-domain expertise in biological sample handling that most CTOs don’t have.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bacharelado Computer and Information Sciences General, Bacharelado Computer and Information Sciences General at Ifes - Instituto Federal do Espírito Santo
Engenharia da Computação Informática, Engenharia da Computação Informática at Faculdade Catolica Salesiana
Mestrado Inteligência Artificial, Mestrado Inteligência Artificial at Universidade Federal do ABC
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