Summary
Vinícius De Jesus is a Senior Back-end Engineer based in Berlin with 13 years of experience building web applications and distributed systems. He blends hands-on engineering—designing microservices in Go, Kafka Streams and Kubernetes—with a strong background in Java REST APIs and JavaScript front-ends, having also led teams as an Engineering Manager at HelloFresh. Vinícius is comfortable shifting between leadership and individual-contributor roles, setting architecture, writing ADRs/RFCs, and rapidly delivering MVPs while keeping maintainability and code quality front of mind. His career includes consulting stints at ThoughtWorks and practical experience improving testing and CI practices in legacy and greenfield teams. He also took a sabbatical to deepen cultural ties and learn Italian, reflecting a curiosity-driven approach to professional and personal growth.
13 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science at UEL - Universidade Estadual de Londrina
English, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian