Summary
Shirlei Chaves is an IT analyst and software engineer with over a decade of hands-on experience in Linux administration, web development (Django, PHP, LAMP) and legacy system maintenance. She combines deep troubleshooting and debugging skills with user-centered empathy gained from long service-support roles, which informs pragmatic improvements to software and operations. At IFSC she has bridged business and technical teams supporting ERP deployments, introducing Docker and git to streamline legacy maintenance and team workflows. A lifelong open-source advocate and lifelong learner, she is currently focused on becoming a stronger programmer while pursuing advanced research in computer science. Based in Santa Catarina, Brazil, she balances technical rigor with a practical knack for translating user needs into reliable production systems.
12 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
B.Sc., Information Systems, B.Sc., Information Systems at Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
English, Portuguese