Summary
Tiago Neves is a staff web engineer based in Rio de Janeiro with 11 years of experience building full‑stack web products and leading engineering teams. He combines hands‑on expertise in React, Next.js, TypeScript, Node and Firebase with a strong track record in product leadership from founding and scaling two edtech ventures that reached over 40,000 students and secured VC funding. As CTO and founder he focused on rapid discovery, user research and iterative UX improvements—cutting a challenging child login flow from 1:40 to 19 seconds—while building cross‑functional teams that deliver impact. At VTEX and Circuit he led product architecture and multi‑team coordination to launch new business lines and platform features. He is equally comfortable shipping code and coaching teams, with a bias for pragmatic experimentation and measurable user outcomes. Fluent in both startup and enterprise contexts, he brings entrepreneurial grit to staff‑level engineering work.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems, Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems at UNIRIO
Graduate, Empreendedorismo, Graduate, Empreendedorismo at Founder Institute
Portuguese, English