Luiz Calaça
AI Software Engineer at TESS AI
Goiás, Brazil
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Top SchoolLuiz Calaça is an AI-focused software engineer with about a decade of professional experience and a parallel 5+ year track record as a university-level instructor, blending deep hands-on engineering with pedagogy. He builds scalable, testable backend systems and agentic LLM solutions across Node.js, Python, Typescript, AWS/GCP and both SQL and NoSQL stores, recently working on AI agents and context engineering at TESS AI. Luiz has improved high-throughput e-commerce and large-scale data retrieval systems, led ML/NLP initiatives for governmental dashboards, and designed low-latency backends for consumer AI apps. He mentors developers and creates learning material that has reached tens of thousands in Brazil, reflecting a rare mix of product delivery, teaching impact, and research-informed practice. An often-overlooked strength is his cross-domain fluency—from RFID and IoT prototypes to modern LLMs—enabling pragmatic innovation at the intersection of legacy systems and cutting-edge AI.
9 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Specializing in Big Data e Machine Learning, Big Data; IoT; Machine Learning, Specializing in Big Data e Machine Learning, Big Data; IoT; Machine Learning at Faculdade Sul AmericanaComputer Science, Computer Science, Computer Science, Computer Science at Universidade Federal de GoiásLicentiate degree, Matemática, Licentiate degree, Matemática at Centro Universitário ClaretianoMaster of Business Administration - MBA, Controladoria de Empresas, Master of Business Administration - MBA, Controladoria de Empresas at Universidade PaulistaSystem of Information, Internet of Things; Distributed Computing; Assistive Computing; Visually Impaired, System of Information, Internet of Things; Distributed Computing; Assistive Computing; Visually Impaired at Faculdade Delta
Portuguese, English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (71)
python9
deep-learning9
machine-learning9
sql8
ts-node-dev8
sqlite8
microsoft-sql-server8
tensorflow8
nodejs8
postgresql7
jsonb7
neural-network7
github-cli7
javascript7
crud7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
luizcalaca/node-adapters-servers-api
Jul 2022 - Jul 2022
Contributions:9 commits, 7 pushes, 2 branches in 1 day
luizcalaca/netflix-clone-backend
Oct 2022 - Nov 2022
Contributions:57 commits, 15 pushes, 1 branch in 25 days
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