Levy Albuquerque
Software Engineer at Turso
Pernambuco, Brazil
Summary
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Top SchoolLevy Albuquerque is a software engineer and lead SDK maintainer at Turso, focused on improving developer experience for builders worldwide. With strong low-level systems expertise in Rust, Zig and C, he tackles complex backend and database challenges, contributing to modern SQLite forks and the Limbo OLTP project. His work includes refactoring core WAL behavior, adding remote-write support for offline databases, and implementing query-binding and expression-translation features that improve reliability and composability. Based in Pernambuco, Brazil, Levy pairs rapid learning with a pragmatic engineering approach, delivering durable fixes and features across languages and architectures. Though early in his career, his open-source contributions show a depth of systems thinking uncommon for his experience level.
2 years of coding experience
Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering at Centro de Informática UFPE
Portuguese, English
Github Skills (12)
databases10
rust10
sqlite10
embedded-database10
wal10
sql10
database10
webassembly9
error-handling9
better-sqlite39
apidoc7
api7
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
tursodatabase/libsql
Jun 2024 - Mar 2025
libSQL is a fork of SQLite that is both Open Source, and Open Contributions.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:5 reviews, 11 PRs, 13 comments in 9 months
Contributions summary:Levy primarily contributed to the back-end of the `libsql` project, focusing on improving the database's internal workings. Their work involved refactoring code to prevent misuse of core functionalities related to WAL (Write-Ahead Logging) inserts. Additionally, they implemented features for remote writes in offline databases and addressed bugs related to HTTP errors within the sync operations. These changes enhance the reliability and functionality of the database system.
embedded-databaserustsqlsqlite3webassembly
tursodatabase/limbo
Jan 2025 - Mar 2025
Limbo is a project to build the modern evolution of SQLite.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer / Database Engineer
Back-end Developer / Database EngineerContributions:2 reviews, 8 PRs, 13 comments in 2 months
Contributions summary:Levy primarily contributed to the back-end aspects of the `limbo` project, focusing on the development of a modern SQLite implementation. Their work involved refactoring the code to accept a `ProgramBuilder`, simplifying function signatures, and adding context for query parameters. They implemented initial functionality for `Statement::bind`, indicating work on query parameter binding. Furthermore, the user made changes to the expression translation, ensuring compatibility with the overall architecture.
databaseembedded-databasesqlsqlite3webassembly
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