Summary
Rubem Nakamura is a Senior Platform and Data Engineer with 15 years of experience building high-throughput, resilient systems for retail, hosting, and analytics products. He specializes in Elixir/Phoenix and backend architectures that process millions of events per day, combined with practical expertise in AWS, Terraform, Ruby, Node.js and automation. At Appcues he leads work on AI-driven data analysis using OpenAI, blending ML insights with production-grade analytics for better onboarding and product decisions. His background includes full-stack and infrastructure work—from WordPress hosting and billing systems to session heatmaps and click analytics—showing a knack for turning operational complexity into reliable features. Based in Greater São Paulo, he pairs deep engineering craft with a recent postgraduate focus on AI/ML for business, making him adept at shipping data-informed, scalable products.
15 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Postgraduate Degree, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: Business Applications, Postgraduate Degree, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: Business Applications at The University of Texas at Austin
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
English, Portuguese