Summary
Murilo Varela is a Full Stack Engineer with nine years of experience building performant web, mobile and backend systems using React, React Native, Next.js, Nest.js and Go. He has a proven track record modernizing legacy frontends and mobile apps—most notably slashing barcode scan latency from seconds to under 400ms at Quiqup—while also shipping maintainable, well-tested code. Comfortable working across the stack, he transitioned into backend work when needed at VTEX to keep delivery momentum, showing strong autonomy and cross-functional communication. Passionate about UI/UX and conversion-driven optimization, Murilo pairs product sensitivity with pragmatic engineering and mentorship experience from boutique to enterprise teams. Based in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, he brings a chemical engineering background and an engineer’s analytical mindset to software problem solving.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte
Kansas State University