Leonardo Bessa
Co-Founder at Astride US
São Paulo, Brazil
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Top SchoolLeonardo Bessa is a seasoned software leader and co-founder with 18 years of experience building backend systems, fintech platforms, and scalable game infrastructure from São Paulo. As CTO of Astride US he blends hands-on engineering and architecture with strategic product thinking to deliver tax and financial automation solutions that drive measurable cost savings. His background includes leading backend work in Elixir/Phoenix, Java/Kotlin, Ruby on Rails and building in-house analytics platforms at Wildlife Studios, demonstrating depth across languages and systems. He’s an active contributor to Brazilian developer tooling (implementing CPF/CNPJ/NIT validators in the Caelum Stella project) and has a track record of turning experimental ideas into production products through startups he founded. With an engineering degree from Poli-USP and executive MBA coursework, he pairs technical rigor with business and product sensibility to align engineering efforts with commercial outcomes.
18 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Engineer’s Degree, Engineer, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Engineer’s Degree, Engineer, Computer Engineering, Computer Science at Escola Politécnica da USPStrategic Management & International Marketing, International Marketing, Strategic Management & International Marketing, International Marketing at University of La VerneMaster of Business Administration (M.B.A.), MBA Executivo em Gestão de Saúde Einstein – Insper, Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), MBA Executivo em Gestão de Saúde Einstein – Insper at Insper Instituto de Ensino e PesquisaEmmet High SchoolAlbert Sabin
English, French, Portuguese
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Github Skills (6)
javas10
validation10
validations10
validate10
java10
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Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
caelum/caelum-stella
Feb 2008 - Mar 2010
O Caelum Stella visa suprir as necessidades do dia a dia do desenvolvedor brasileiro
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:255 commits in 2 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Leonardo implemented a CPF (Brazilian Individual Taxpayer Registry) validator, along with logic to validate CNPJ (Brazilian Corporate Taxpayer Registry) and NIT (Brazilian Worker Identification Number) and a separate validation for a title of elector. This involves creating code that enforces business rules and ensures data integrity. Additionally, the user added test cases to validate the implemented features within the project.
desenvolvedorbrasileirostellacaelumdia
leobessa/exchess
May 2017 - Jun 2017
Contributions:31 commits, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 4 days
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