Summary
Lucas De Santana is a backend software engineer with 10 years of experience building cloud-native, serverless and containerized systems across fintech and SaaS products. He has led engineering and CTO roles where he architected scalable APIs and data platforms using Go, Node.js, Python, Kubernetes and a broad AWS stack (Lambda, ECS, DynamoDB, S3, API Gateway). Comfortable both leading teams and shipping code, he has founded and mentored engineering teams that delivered 30+ applications for SMBs and worked on production-grade services at companies including Kovi, Stealth and now Reddit. Lucas pairs strong DevOps and CI/CD practices with pragmatic database design (Postgres, MongoDB, Redis) and messaging (RabbitMQ), and has a history of building internal frameworks and open tooling to improve developer velocity. Based in São Paulo, he brings a rare mix of product-minded leadership and hands-on systems programming, with side experience in animation and design that informs his focus on clear, maintainable interfaces.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Fédération Internationale de l'Art Photographique
Bachelor's degree, Graphic Design, Bachelor's degree, Graphic Design at Universidade Anhembi Morumbi
Animation, Storyboard and Production Design, Animation, Storyboard and Production Design at CAV - Centro de Audio Visual
English, Portuguese