Summary
Mathews Lima is a seasoned software engineer with 9 years of experience specializing in backend and full-stack development, currently contributing at Insquad. He has a strong track record building and scaling B2B SaaS platforms using Laravel, PHP, and modern front-end tools (Vue, Inertia, Livewire), and has driven performance improvements that cut response times by up to 90% on critical endpoints. Mathews is experienced in API integrations (Stripe, Vimeo, Phyllo, advertising platforms) and in modernizing legacy systems through migrations from CakePHP to Laravel while introducing testing and PSR standards. Comfortable managing infrastructure on DigitalOcean and orchestrating background jobs and queues, he combines pragmatic engineering with attention to long-term maintainability. Based in Guará, Brazil, he pairs hands-on implementation skills with close collaboration with product and design teams to deliver customer-focused features. An understated strength is his ability to modernize legacy codebases into testable, scalable architectures that reduce technical debt and unlock new product velocity.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Análise e Desenvolvimento de Sistemas Tecnologia da Informação, Análise e Desenvolvimento de Sistemas Tecnologia da Informação at Faculdade Projeção