Summary
Paulo França is a Senior Software Engineer based in San Francisco with over a decade of hands-on experience building enterprise web applications and integrations, primarily in Java ecosystems. He has led backend and full-stack efforts for large clients, modernizing legacy systems into microservice architectures using Spring Boot, Kafka, Spring Cloud and React/TypeScript for front-end needs. A pragmatic agile practitioner and former Scrum Master, he blends TDD, CI/CD, and domain-driven design to deliver reliable, maintainable solutions under tight deadlines. His background spans SOA and large-system integrations (SAP, MES) as well as cloud-friendly patterns like service discovery, circuit breakers and containerization. Colleagues value his technical leadership, communication skills and habit of staying current with emerging tech while keeping designs realistic and production-ready. An interesting detail: he pairs deep backend integration experience with practical front-end work, enabling end-to-end ownership on modernization projects.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Technician Computer Programming, Technician Computer Programming at Universidade do Vale do Paraíba
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) Computing / DataBase Information Technology, Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) Computing / DataBase Information Technology at Faculdade de Tecnologia de São Paulo - FATEC-SP
French, English, Portuguese