Summary
Kelvin Alves is a tech lead and payments specialist with a decade of software engineering experience, currently leading Payments & Ops at KTO Group after progressing through senior backend and engineering roles. He architects and implements scalable payment modules and wallet integrations that serve thousands of active users, blending deep backend expertise in Java, Spring Boot and PostgreSQL with front-end and full-stack experience in PHP, Angular and TypeScript. Kelvin has a history of technical leadership at KOPP and Idealogic, where he shaped architecture and delivery for mission-critical systems across fintech and operations. Based in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, he combines practical hands-on coding with mentorship and design stewardship, and is completing postgraduate training in technical teacher education to better formalize his coaching and documentation skills. An operator at heart, he focuses on reliability and real-world impact—optimizing payment flows and provider integrations to improve user experience and operational resilience.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul
North Paraná University