Summary
William Franco is a senior software engineer and platform architect with 11+ years building high-availability, event-driven systems for massive audiences. Currently leading platform engineering at Rede Globo, he architects pipelines that handle 308M+ events in a single night and serve 100M+ daily users across 20+ digital properties. He blends deep backend expertise in Golang, Python and Node.js with cloud (AWS/GCP), Kafka, Redis and Elasticsearch to deliver zero-downtime migrations, cost-saving infrastructure optimizations, and resilient real-time features used on live TV. Previously he designed a five-layer Redis caching strategy and led an Elasticsearch migration that cut nodes and cost dramatically while preserving 99.99% uptime. Comfortable as a technical lead, mentor and hands-on implementer, he has a rare mix of economics training and production experience in high-stakes media events and fully remote collaboration.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bacharelado, Economia, Bacharelado, Economia at UFRJ - Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro