Summary
Juarez Lustosa is a contract software engineer with over a decade of hands-on experience building and modernizing web platforms, APIs, and cloud-native services, currently shaping API architecture at Decisiv. He blends deep backend expertise in Ruby on Rails, Elixir, and Node with front-end experience in React/Angular/Vue and a strong habit of TDD, having driven productivity improvements and reduced technical debt across fintech, health, and logistics domains. As a seasoned scrum master and tech lead he has launched MVPs, introduced agile practices company-wide, and boosted team output by around 40% through process and tooling changes. His background includes architecting complex AWS API Gateway and SAM-based APIs, designing scalable authorization systems, and applying geoprocessing solutions for public infrastructure—an uncommon mix of operational, financial, and product-facing experience. Based in Minas Gerais, Brazil, he pairs an MBA and postgraduate training in agile software engineering with entrepreneurial experience running a company, giving him a practical lens on cost, quality and delivery trade-offs.
14 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Pós Graduação, Engenharia de Software centrada em Métodos ágeis, Pós Graduação, Engenharia de Software centrada em Métodos ágeis at Centro Universitário UNA
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Economia e Gestão Empresarial, Master of Business Administration (MBA), Economia e Gestão Empresarial at Fundação Getulio Vargas
Graduated, Sistemas de Informação, Graduated, Sistemas de Informação at Faculdade Cenecista de Sete Lagoas
ingles c1, Portuguese, Italian