Rodrigo Ruiz
Owner at Vikki
São Paulo, Brazil
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Top SchoolRodrigo Ruiz is a software engineer and founder with 11 years of experience building scalable, production-grade systems across AI/ML, distributed computing, and full-stack web and mobile platforms. Educated at Brazil’s top engineering school (ITA) with a master’s in AI from USP, he blends research-backed machine learning expertise with hands-on system design—from low-level C++ at Microsoft to orchestrating 200+ delivery integrations at CloudKitchens. As owner of Vikki he delivers AI-driven products like facial recognition and ad-optimization, while earlier leadership roles reduced critical API calls by orders of magnitude and launched high-throughput financial services. Comfortable both coding and leading teams, he has a track record of rewriting legacy apps, hiring and mentoring engineers, and shipping end-to-end solutions in cloud-native environments. Based in São Paulo, he combines academic rigor with entrepreneurial pragmatism and a penchant for squeezing massive efficiencies out of complex systems.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Engineering, 8.7 / 10, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Engineering, 8.7 / 10 at Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica - ITAMaster's degree, Artificial Intelligence, Master's degree, Artificial Intelligence at Escola Politécnica da USP
Portuguese, English
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Github Skills (178)
photo-browser10
python10
deep-learning10
ram10
ml10
neural-network10
nlp10
data-science10
functional-js10
tensorflow10
pytorch10
machine-learning10
javascript9
pinterest9
linux9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
rodrigoruiz/SwiftUtilities
Sep 2017 - Jun 2018
Contributions:80 commits, 2 PRs, 27 pushes in 9 months
rodrigoruiz/VenusianWebClient
Apr 2015 - May 2015
Contributions:5 PRs, 19 pushes, 1 branch in 16 days
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