About

Henrique Alves is a Senior Software Engineer at Loft, a startup unicorn that uses technology to transform the real estate sector. With over 3 years of relevant experience, he has developed technical and people management skills that have made him a reference leader. Henrique started his professional career in 2015 at DTI Digital, a WPP group company that digitally transforms its clients. During his time there, he participated in projects for major clients such as Localiza Aluguel de Carros, Yara Fertilizantes, and Laboratório Hermes Pardini. He was also involved in the conception, requirement gathering, and data modeling of various products, and always used the best software development and architecture practices. At Loft, Henrique continues to foster a collaborative and transparent work environment that promotes knowledge sharing and individual growth. He follows the Spotify model and agile methodologies to ensure that his teams have autonomy, flexibility, and a sense of ownership, delivering high-quality partial deliveries that generate value for the end customer. Henrique is also a Web Development Mentor at Awari, a career development platform supported by high-caliber investors such as YCombinator, Brian Requarth, Shaan Puri, and Ryan Hoover. He dedicates part of his time to helping the community develop through individual mentorship, knowledge sharing, answering questions, providing feedback, and giving advice to those seeking to take the next step in their careers. Henrique's past experience includes working as a Solutions Architect, Software Architect, Tech Lead, and Senior Software Engineer at DTI Digital. He has been a technical reference in his tribe, represented his tribe in the Operations and Engineering chapters of the alliance, and supported squads in the conception of business and technical solutions. He has also mentored new Tech Leads in the DTI mentoring program, conducted daily, planning, retros, and sprint reviews, and migrated monoliths to microservices architecture. Henrique holds a Bachelor's degree in Engineering from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais and is currently pursuing a post-graduate degree in Data Science from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande - FURG. His technical skills include Web development, Azure, SQL, CI/CD, and DevOps.