Afonso França de Oliveira

Principal Full-stack Engineer

+55 19 99778 6803
afonso.franca@gmail.com
afonsof.comgithub.com/afonsof
linkedin.com/in/afonsof

Main skills

Software Craftsman

Over 20 years creating real-world software focused on scalability, maintainability, and quality, emphasizing clean code, testing, and refactoring.

Startup Enthusiast

Passionate about startups, tackling challenges flexibly, and learning new technologies to create impactful solutions.

Agile Advocate

Experienced as Scrum Master and Product Owner, combining many practices to drive true agility, efficiency, and collaboration.

Highlights

  • Node.js / TypeScript
  • HTML5 / CSS3
  • React / Redux / Saga / Webpack
  • Postgres / MongoDb
  • Elastic / Redis
  • Agile / Scrum / Kanban
  • C# / Python
  • DDD / Clean Architecture
  • Design Patterns
  • TDD / Code Coverage
  • GIT / AWS / Docker
  • CI tools

Work experiences

Hopara

2021 - current

Principal Engineer - Cambridge - MA - USA

Contribute to the development of an innovative Digital Twin platform, helping industrial clients optimize maintenance and deployment planning processes, achieving a 60% reduction in planning time and improving operational decision-making through real-time data visualization. React WebGL TypeScript Node.js Python Indoor positioning System Postgresql AWS

Gupy

2017 - 2021

Head of Engineering - São Paulo - SP - Brazil

Digital Onboarding Software: Identified key market needs and led the team to secure the first 20 clients, achieving a 70% reduction in onboarding time and improving operational efficiency. Define architectural standards Ensure good practices Motivate, guide, and develop 6 teams Conduct performance reviews

Tech Lead - São Paulo - SP - Brazil

Applicant Tracking System: Led a team of 8 engineers to enhance job creation and application management, ensuring the ideal candidate for each position appeared on the first page, improving hiring accuracy and efficiency. TypeScript Node.js React Postgresql ElasticSearch AWS

Veriz Tecnologia

2016 - 2017

Software Engineer - Brasilia - DF - Brazil

E-mail Compliance Software TypeScript AngularJs MongoDb Redis ElasticSearch RabbitMQ .NET AWS

EventMobi

2016 - 2016

Software Engineer - Toronto - ON - Canada

CMS Software AngularJs Python Django

Scalable Path

2015 - 2016

Software Engineer - San Francisco - CA - USA

Retail stores software AngularJs Redis MySQL Python Django AWS

Diebold Inc.

2006 - 2015

Tech Lead - São Paulo - SP - Brazil

Bank Fraud prevention software Agile .NET SQL Server jQuery Python TDD Design Patterns Code coverage
OAuth based Authentication Gateway Agile Android IOS Python Django

Software Engineer

Company intranet .NET SQL Server jQuery
Social Network Malware finder Python
Front-end based Machine Identification Javascript
Site classifier Bayesian network Python

Flextronics International, LTD.

2005 - 2006

Internship in IT - São Paulo - SP - Brazil

Maintenance of internal software Access C#

Education

MBA in Project Management

FGV – Fundação Getúlio Vargas

2008 - 2011

Bachelor of Science Degree, Computer Science

UBM – Centro universitário de Barra Mansa

2002 - 2006

Community Contributions and Speaks

Creator and Presenter of an Interactive Juice Machine to Inspire Teens

For public school presentations, aiming to inspire teenagers to explore careers in technology. The project integrates IoT, AI, 3D printing, and software development to showcase real-world tech solutions in an engaging way

Speaker in congresses em 2017

Automating a house spending less using Google Assistant and Node.js

Places: GDG Sul Fluminense Meetup, GDG Dev Fest Centro Sul and GDG Dev Fest Campinas

Creator of popular Jenkins theme

github.com/afonsof/jenkins-material-theme

Project: Jenkins Material Theme

Community Event Promoter

Google Developer Group event: Rio Sul Valley Dev Summit 2017

Event for 200 people in Volta Redonda city

Guest in Software Development podcast

Dev na Estrada (devnaestrada.com.br)

Episodes: #48 The Developer Salaries • #46 - The life in a startup • #35 Why learn English?

Community Event Promoter and Presenter

Google Developer Group event: Web Dev Summit 2015

Event for 200 people in Volta Redonda city

Community Leader

Youth Baptist Southern Rio 2008-2013

24 fellowship and entertainment events of a group of 2,000 youths

Honor and Awards

UBM Hackathon 2017

The team created a Smart City Bot capable of providing tips and information about bus and garbage collector times, events in the city and more. It also understands problem reporting where the user is able to set the location and problem details. The user also receives notifications when the problem is solved by the State employee

Conferences and Courses

  • Tech Meetups: Rio Sul Valley - Volta Redonda 2017
  • Tech Meetups: TorontoJS - Toronto 2016
  • Conf: BrazilJS - Porto Alegre 2014/2015/2016/2017/2019
  • Course: Advanced English - San Francisco 2015
  • Conf: BlackHat/DefCon - Las Vegas 2014/2015
  • Conf: Agile Trends - 2014/2015
  • Meetup: Front-end - Campinas 2015
  • Meetup: SorocabaJS 2015
  • Conf: GDG Dev Fest - Sudeste 2014
  • Conf: Tableless 2014
  • Conf: Chrome Dev Summit - Mountain View 2013
  • Conf: Visual Studio Summit - São Paulo 2013
  • Conf: Agile Brazil - Brasilia 2013
  • Course: Management 3.0 - Agile Leadership Practices
  • Course: Certified Lean-Kanban
  • Course: Certified Scrum Product Owner
  • Course: Certified Scrum Master
  • Certification: MCP - HTML5 with Js and CSS3