Thiago Barcala is a Senior Software Engineer based in Düsseldorf with 11 years of experience building reliable software across fintech and e‑commerce domains. He has progressed from junior roles in Brazil to senior engineering at auxmoney, combining hands‑on coding with system design and delivery experience. Thiago contributes to open source C++ projects such as Warzone2100, where he has worked on core gameplay mechanics, damage/experience logic and save/load persistence—showing a penchant for complex, stateful systems. His background spans backend development and product-focused engineering at Fashionette and code4business, giving him a pragmatic approach to shipping features that matter. Comfortable in cross-cultural teams, he brings steady execution and a willingness to dive into legacy code to improve correctness and player (or customer) experience.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Ciência da Computação, Bachelor's degree, Ciência da Computação at Universidade Estadual de Maringá
Command the forces of The Project in a battle to rebuild the world after mankind has been nearly destroyed by nuclear missiles. A 100% free and open source real-time strategy game for Windows, macOS, Linux, BSD+
Role in this project:
C++ Developer
Contributions:67 reviews, 222 commits, 83 PRs in 2 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Thiago contributed to the game's core gameplay logic, including features related to droid actions, damage calculations, and experience/kill tracking. They implemented a counter for droid kills, and updated code related to the game's display, and save/load functionality. The changes involved modifications across several core game files, indicating a focus on improving the game's mechanics and data persistence.
Utility to create binary executables to be used with the suid flag
Contributions:4 releases, 1 review, 12 commits in 4 months
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Thiago Barcala - Senior Software Engineer at auxmoney