Summary
Samuel Alves is a full stack developer from Minas Gerais with eight years of professional experience and five years focused on building complex web applications using PHP, JavaScript, SQL, Go, and Python. Currently completing a Bachelor's in Information Systems at UFMG, he combines formal academic training with hands-on experience designing database models, writing sophisticated queries, and crafting robust algorithms for automation. He has a strong affinity for modern software engineering and algorithms, proven by work updating and re-architecting legacy systems and evaluating frameworks and tools to improve maintainability. Samuel has delivered production systems across multiple PHP frameworks (Laravel, Slim, Symfony, CakePHP) and has experience in embedded systems from earlier datacenter and IoT work. Known among peers as an "adventure developer," he brings curiosity and a pragmatic, tool-agnostic approach to problem solving. Now at Prodemge, he focuses on applying architecture best practices to scale and modernize web platforms.
7 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bacharelado Sistemas de Informação, Bacharelado Sistemas de Informação at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
English, Portuguese