Summary
Otavio Lemos is an Associate Professor and seasoned software engineer with over a decade of experience bridging academic research and industry-focused web development. He combines deep expertise in software testing, empirical software engineering and ML-driven code quality prediction with hands-on production work using Node.js/TypeScript, Ruby on Rails, and Go. His work spans building multi-tenant APIs, CI/CD and test optimization, and prototyping LLM-based products for quality assurance, reflecting a pragmatic focus on process improvement. He has led research projects and mentored graduate students while earning three Microsoft MVP awards and publishing a digital book on software architecture that sold over 1,500 copies. Since 2019 he’s grown a technical YouTube channel to 35k+ subscribers, translating advanced research into practical engineering guidance. Based in São Paulo, he brings a rare blend of empirical rigor, teaching experience, and rapid product delivery—often turning research ideas into deployed features.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Software Engineering Software Testing, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Software Engineering Software Testing at USP - Universidade de São Paulo
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul
University of California, Irvine
English, Portuguese, Spanish