Summary
Luiz Gerosa is a technical lead and entrepreneur with over 25 years in software development and a master's degree in computer science, currently leading platform and engineering efforts at Collective Health from Espírito Santo, Brazil. He co-founded ExtendedTeam to deliver integrated Brazilian development teams to U.S. companies and earlier built product and games ventures, bringing a pragmatic founder’s perspective to engineering leadership. Luiz has hands-on experience driving large refactors and transformations, including migrating monolithic PHP systems to microservices at PicPay and architecting a PFM platform for HSBC that included ML-driven fraud reduction and automated billing. Comfortable managing distributed teams, he has led cross-location squads of a dozen engineers and repeatedly converted complex legacy systems into scalable, production-ready services. His blend of deep technical roots, entrepreneurial experience, and applied ML for operational impact makes him effective at both strategic architecture and day-to-day delivery.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (Oficial)
English, Portuguese