Summary
Michael Araujo is a Staff AI/GenAI Architect based in São Paulo with 11 years of experience building scalable, cost-efficient systems and shipping production AI solutions for finance and web platforms. At Banco Itaú he designs and implements generative AI architectures for secure, conversational investment products, translating research-grade models into measurable business value. His background spans full-stack engineering, cloud-native infrastructure and cost-optimization—evidenced by multi-year AWS re-architectures that cut platform costs by orders of magnitude. An experienced instructor and author, he teaches AI and modern web development, and is completing advanced machine learning graduate studies while leading GenAI initiatives. Colleagues describe him as a hands-on architect who bridges deep ML knowledge with pragmatic engineering to deliver robust, observable systems.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Fédération Internationale de l'Art Photographique
Mestrado em Machine Learning e Computer Vision, Mestrado em Machine Learning e Computer Vision at Instituto de Matemática, Estatística e Ciência da Computação (IME-USP)
Gestão da tecnologia da informação, Gestão da tecnologia da informação at Universidade Paulista
Análise e desenvolvimento de sistemas, Análise e desenvolvimento de sistemas at Universidade Cruzeiro do Sul
Mestrado em Machine Learning, Mestrado em Machine Learning at Instituto de Pesquisas Tecnológicas
English, Spanish