Samuel Novaes
Software Engineer II at Uber
Bahia, Brazil
Summary
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Top SchoolSamuel Novaes is a Software Engineer II with nine years of experience specializing in frontend development and building real-time, user-centric web applications. Based in Bahia, Brazil, he has driven key technical decisions at companies ranging from digital collectibles at Quidd to AI-driven content personalization at Intellectsoft, and now contributes to platform-level work at Uber. He excels in modern React ecosystems—migrating state management to Zustand, adopting React-Query, and building interactive real-time features like chats, leaderboards, and collaborative mini-games. Samuel pairs pragmatic frontend architecture with backend collaboration on GraphQL and caching strategies, and has a track record of mentoring juniors and improving maintainability. An early open-source and tooling thinker from his university sysadmin days, he brings a blend of product-focused craftsmanship and operational sensitivity to low-connectivity and high-scale environments.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at Universidade Federal de Campina GrandeHigh School Diploma Computer Software Technology/Technician, High School Diploma Computer Software Technology/Technician at IFBA - Instituto Federal da Bahia
Portuguese, English
Github Skills (33)
python-bot9
segment8
discord-bot8
rio8
discord8
quest8
active7
react7
python7
code-editor7
vscode6
css6
vscode-extension6
javascript6
visual-studio5
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
samuelndm/poke-shop
Jan 2021 - Feb 2021
Contributions:101 commits, 69 pushes, 4 branches in 28 days
samuelndm/leo-movies
Feb 2021 - Mar 2021
Contributions:233 commits, 219 pushes, 3 branches in 26 days
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