Nycolas Lacerda is a Senior Software Engineer with 10 years of experience building resilient backend systems across fintech and e‑commerce, currently leading architecture, quality and SRE mentorship at Mercado Livre. He has deep hands‑on expertise in Java, Kotlin and Go, cloud integrations (GCP/AWS), messaging and observability (BigQuery, Datadog, New Relic), and a strong track record of driving RFC/ADR‑led design and measurable uptime/latency improvements. A Computer Science graduate from UFRPE, he moved from full‑stack and front‑end roots into distributed microservices and platform reliability, often pairing architecture decisions with practical alerting and audit integrations. Known as a relentless learner, he combines disciplined TDD/Clean Code practices with mentoring and operational ownership to ship dependable, production‑grade services.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bacharelado, Ciência da Computação, Bacharelado, Ciência da Computação at Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco
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Nycolas Lacerda - Senior Software Engineer at Mercado Livre