Summary
Luis Kimura is a seasoned IT specialist and senior full-stack engineer based in São Paulo, blending nearly two decades of software experience with a decade of focused professional roles across fintech, payments, and digital banking. He builds robust backend systems in Kotlin, Java and Scala while also delivering front-end and integration work with NodeJS and Angular, and runs his own consultancy Kimura Engenharia de Sistemas. Luis has led teams and projects at institutions like BTG Pactual, Creditas and GuiaBolso, and contributed to payment authorization and microservices architectures that power financial products for millions of users. He’s the creator of f1-analytics-ai, reflecting a curiosity for data-driven applications beyond his day-to-day enterprise work. An MBA in IT complements his hands-on engineering background, making him comfortable translating business needs into production-ready, scalable systems.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) Mechanical engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) Mechanical engineering at Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho
Master of Business Administration (MBA) Information Technology, Master of Business Administration (MBA) Information Technology at Escola Politécnica da USP
Mainstream Advanced Course1 British English, Mainstream Advanced Course1 British English at Cultura Inglesa
Advanced English American English, Advanced English American English at FISK
Bachelor Computer Science, Bachelor Computer Science at UFSCar - Alumni
HIGH SCHOOL secondary school, HIGH SCHOOL secondary school at Colegio Koelle
English