Luiz Pedone is a Staff Software Engineer based in Minas Gerais, Brazil, with 13 years of professional experience turning complex systems into simple, reliable products. He’s driven measurable business outcomes—enabling >25x revenue growth and 10x partner volume scaling at Thread—by leading architecture, reliability, and product-focused engineering teams. A pragmatic leader and early Brazil hire, he builds high-velocity teams that deploy multiple times per day while keeping low turnover and strong operational discipline. His background spans startups and consulting (ThoughtWorks, Kenoby/Gupy) where he improved CI/CD, observability, and large-scale migrations, and he still contributes to open-source backend projects with a focus on code quality and PSR-compliant refactors. Comfortable hands-on across stacks (Node/TypeScript, Java, PHP, cloud infra), he pairs technical depth with mentorship and recruitment experience. He values simplicity as an art—preferring maintainable, elegant solutions that scale.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree Equivalency Computer Science, Bachelor's Degree Equivalency Computer Science at Duquesne University
Bachelor's degree Information Systems Geography, Bachelor's degree Information Systems Geography at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Use WordPress backend with Laravel or any PHP application
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Contributions:14 commits, 7 PRs, 5 comments in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Luiz's primary contribution focused on code style improvements, including adherence to PSR standards. They refactored code to improve code style and consistency across multiple files. The user also addressed database configurations and test environments and fixed minor code style inconsistencies, indicating a focus on code quality and maintainability. These commits point towards significant backend logic changes and maintenance.
Contributions:1 release, 5 pushes, 4 branches in 2 years 9 months
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Luiz Pedone - Staff Software Engineer at Pedone Consulting