Luis Alves
Staff Software Engineer at 7shifts: Restaurant Scheduling
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolLuis Alves is a Staff Software Engineer with nine years of experience delivering full-stack solutions and technical leadership at 7shifts, where he autonomously drives projects from pitch to production while mentoring engineers and improving developer experience. He blends backend and frontend expertise—spanning microservices, TypeScript/Angular, and backend systems—with hands-on work in CI, testing, product, and design to simplify complex problems. Comfortable aligning technical decisions with business goals, he has led medium-sized projects and cross-department collaborations in unfamiliar domains. Early work as a self-employed developer and experience managing servers and infrastructure give him practical operational chops that inform his architecture choices. Based in Calgary, he brings a pragmatic, mentor-first approach to building reliable, developer-friendly systems.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
UnicesumarBsc. in Computer Science, Computer Science, Bsc. in Computer Science, Computer Science at Universidade Estadual de MaringáAdvanced Diplima, General English, Advanced Diplima, General English at Hunter TAFEPHP & MySQL, Information Technology, PHP & MySQL, Information Technology at Sergio Yamada Computação
English
Github Skills (16)
nodejs6
shader6
glsl5
javascript5
ria5
webgl4
gpu4
gpgpu4
math4
react2
wgsl2
dia2
gpu-programming2
webgpu1
gpu-acceleration1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
luisfrsa/ISS_Atelie
Sep 2018 - Nov 2018
Contributions:47 commits, 51 PRs, 63 pushes in 2 months
luisfrsa/moa2
Jul 2017 - Aug 2017
Contributions:52 pushes, 1 branch in 25 days
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