Summary
Luiz Chagas is a Staff Engineer based in Kansas City with 11 years of software development experience and a track record of rising through engineering roles at Crema from Application Developer to Director of Engineering and now Staff Engineer. He blends hands-on development (Java, C#, JavaScript background) with people leadership and security awareness from earlier roles, delivering pragmatic solutions across web and enterprise systems. Comfortable wearing both IC and leadership hats, he has also freelanced as a JavaScript consultant and brought a developer’s mindset to product and team strategy. An exchange student at Kansas State and a computer engineering graduate from CEFET-MG, he combines international exposure with steady career progression and a curiosity that once led him to professional game streaming—an unusual thread that speaks to his creativity and communication skills.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Computer Engineering at Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica de Minas Gerais
Exchange Student, Computer Science, Exchange Student, Computer Science at Kansas State University
English, Portuguese, Spanish