John Cordeiro is a seasoned product and technology leader with 11 years of experience designing and scaling mobile, web and machine-learning products; he currently leads VTEX Agentic CX, an AI-native platform for automating customer experience across conversational channels. He has a track record of taking products from prototype to production and scale—covering prototyping, validation, business-model design and software architecture—built while leading Weni’s technology teams. Hands-on early in his career as a backend developer, he contributed referral-handling improvements to the well-known RapidPro open-source messaging platform, reflecting a practical focus on integrations and reliable automation. Based in Alagoas, Brazil, he blends engineering depth from his computer engineering background with product leadership and a knack for turning conversational AI research into operational systems.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Engenheiro de Computação, Tecnologia em Engenharia da Computação, Engenheiro de Computação, Tecnologia em Engenharia da Computação at Universidade Federal de Alagoas
RapidPro allows organizations to visually build scalable interactive messaging applications.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Contributions:62 commits, 8 PRs, 58 comments in 4 years 6 months
Contributions summary:John primarily contributed to the backend logic of the RapidPro application, specifically focusing on referral support within the Facebook channel. Their work involved modifications to `temba/channels/handlers.py` to handle referral scenarios for both existing and first-time users. They also introduced changes to `temba/triggers/models.py` and `temba/triggers/views.py` to support various referral trigger types and case-insensitive referral ID matching, and integrated test cases. These changes enhanced the application's ability to manage referral campaigns.
High performance Dropwizard based webserver for receiving incoming messages on behalf of RapidPro
Contributions:10 PRs, 13 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 4 months
golangdropwizardon-behalf-ofincomingperformance
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John Cordeiro - Head Of Product And Technology, VTEX Agentic CX