Summary
Matheus Cunha is a Staff Software Engineer based in Rio de Janeiro with 12 years in engineering and a master's in computer science focused on distributed systems. He specializes in building highly available, resilient video delivery platforms at Globo, shipping scalable VoD and low-latency live streaming systems that serve millions worldwide. Proficient in Ruby on Rails and Go, he blends backend service design with DevOps practices—Terraform, Kubernetes, CI/CD and GCP—to keep delivery pipelines robust and cost-efficient. Notable wins include a 60% cost reduction in DRM infrastructure and cutting live stream latency from 40s to 5s through protocol and CDN optimizations. He favors minimal-complexity solutions and has experience embedding C and Lua into NGINX for high-performance CDN features, reflecting a hands-on approach across the full stack. Quick to learn new tech, he pairs academic rigor with production-proven engineering on large-scale media systems.
12 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro