Summary
Matheus Barbosa is a software engineer based in Seattle with eight years of hands-on experience spanning industry and academia, currently building products at Microsoft while completing a Bachelor's in Information Systems at the University of São Paulo. He brings a strong foundation in algorithms, data structures and optimization, paired with practical backend and database expertise demonstrated through roles integrating APIs and automating data pipelines that improved user engagement and decision-making. At Carnegie Mellon he migrated a monolithic app to a client-server architecture and designed a reusable Unity3D/VR tutorial framework, showing an unusual blend of systems thinking and HCI-focused engineering. Comfortable across Python, SQL, .NET/C#, JavaScript and C#, he has delivered measurable impact—from automating notifications for 300k users to tracking 10k daily orders—while thriving in collaborative, research-driven teams. Matheus is actively pursuing software engineering opportunities that intersect optimization, ML, and human-centered interfaces.
7 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Information System, Bachelor's degree Information System at USP - Universidade de São Paulo
English, Spanish, Portuguese