Nelson Araujo
Senior Staff Software Engineer at Google
Greater Seattle Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNelson Araujo is a senior staff software engineer and seasoned engineering leader with 20+ years building secure, high-scale cloud and developer infrastructure across Google, Indeed, Grab, and Sourcegraph. He excels at turning complex technical strategy into measurable organizational change—running organizations of 500+ engineers, reimagining cloud platforms, and improving developer productivity and security posture. Deeply technical and hands-on, he’s driven large distributed systems, Kubernetes-based production fleets, IAM/DevOps workflows, and AI/ML infrastructure for Sourcegraph’s Cody while contributing to notable open-source projects like GoogleCloudPlatform/magic-modules. Nelson holds an M.Sc. in Computer Science, completed Harvard Business School executive leadership training, and has filed 15 patents, reflecting a blend of innovation and operational rigor. He’s known for rapidly becoming the go-to expert in his domains and for building autonomous teams that sustainably deliver secure, production-grade services.
11 years of coding experience
29 years of employment as a software developer
M.Sc., Database & CS, M.Sc., Database & CS at Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroExecutive Leadership Program, Disruption, Innovation, and Leadership, Executive Leadership Program, Disruption, Innovation, and Leadership at Harvard Business School
Github Skills (16)
testing10
terraformer10
go10
google-cloud10
back-end-development10
google-oauth10
terraform10
gcp10
devops9
ruby8
ias8
postgresql7
code-search-engine6
code-search6
code-intelligence6
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
GoogleCloudPlatform/magic-modules
Jan 2018 - May 2018
Add Google Cloud Platform support to Terraform
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Back-end Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:136 commits, 73 PRs, 41 pushes in 4 months
Contributions summary:Nelson primarily focused on updating and refactoring the end-to-end testing infrastructure and configurations within the repository. They updated references to testing tools and made changes to test scripts, indicating a focus on improving the testing process. Additionally, the user made changes to include and manage service account keys, which suggests involvement in DevOps and IAM-related tasks within the Google Cloud Platform environment. They also refactored code to align with best practices.
golanggcpappenginegooglecloudgooglecloudplatform
sourcegraph/sourcegraph-public-snapshot
May 2023 - Jul 2024
Code AI platform with Code Search & Cody
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:16 reviews, 28 PRs, 149 pushes in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Nelson implemented a new Google OAuth flow for the Sourcegraph platform, including the necessary authentication server setup and token handling. They modified existing code to integrate the new OAuth flow, adding unit tests and ensuring proper functionality. The code changes involved Go programming, interaction with Google APIs and related OAuth libraries, and integration with existing Sourcegraph infrastructure. The user also contributed to the Windows installer and PostgreSQL configuration.
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