Thiago Alves
Senior Software Engineer at Amazon
Orlando, Florida, United States
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Top SchoolThiago Alves is a seasoned Senior Software Engineer with 18 years of experience building high-performance systems across embedded, desktop, and consumer device platforms. After 12+ years at Amazon he led a team delivering the foundational UI framework for Fire TV’s VegaOS, improving TypeScript component performance by 20% and enabling adoption by major partners like Disney+ and Prime Video. He combines deep C/C++ and mobile expertise (Kotlin, Java, Kotlin Multiplatform) with a track record of bridging native and higher-level layers to deliver scalable, cross-platform architectures. Early career work in telecom and energy embedded systems informs his pragmatic approach to low-level performance and long-lived product constraints. An active open-source contributor, he has enhanced the popular QMK keyboard firmware with advanced input features, reflecting a hands-on passion for IoT and firmware. Now based in Orlando, he brings both leadership and implementation craft to complex, cross-functional engineering challenges.
18 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Highschool Computer Science, Highschool Computer Science at OPET (Paranaense Technical Education Organization)Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná
English, Portuguese
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Github Skills (19)
keyboard-input10
c-language10
qmk-firmware10
firmware10
c1110
keymaps10
keyboard10
c1710
keyboard-layout10
keymapping10
cprogramming-language10
keyboard-hooks10
atmel9
atmel-studio9
sys9
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
qmk/qmk_firmware
Apr 2016 - May 2016
Open-source keyboard firmware for Atmel AVR and Arm USB families
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:9 commits, 2 PRs, 14 comments in 16 days
Contributions summary:Thiago contributed to the QMK firmware by implementing advanced keyboard features. They added oneshot layer and oneshot tap toggling functionality, incorporating code from another project. These changes involved modifying core action processing and utility files to support new action types and behaviors. Further contributions included keymap customization, file updates, and configuration changes, all aimed at refining the keyboard's functionality and user experience.
rp2040firmwareavratmelkeyboard-support
Townk/ansible-beautiful-output
Oct 2019 - Sep 2021
A callback plugin for Ansible that displays the playbook execution in a very beautiful way.
Contributions:8 releases, 12 commits, 3 PRs in 1 year 11 months
displaysansiblecallbackplaybookexecution
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