About

Leonardo Silva is a Senior Software Engineer with over 17 years of experience in developing, designing, and analyzing software. He is a quick and addicted learner who loves to be up to date with cutting edge information and technologies. Leonardo is a Brazilian and Portuguese dual national who has worked with several programming languages, web technologies, development environments, and agile project methodologies. Currently, Leonardo is working at IBM on a search project since 2006. He has worked in different roles such as software developer, system designer, and architect. His main responsibility has been related to coding backend and system integration code using Java, Node.js (Typescript), and Python, implementing and consuming REST, gRPC, and GraphQL APIs and microservices, helping with the implementation of machine learning pipelines, designing and implementing SQL and NoSQL databases. Since 2018, they have been deploying their projects using a docker and Kubernetes CI/CD pipeline running on top of IBM cloud infrastructure. Leonardo has also been working with SCRUM and agile methodologies since at least 2010, which helps a remote team a lot in terms of work visibility and commitment to each task. Previously, Leonardo worked at Cesar where he worked in many Central Bank of Brazil projects. He developed several Java Enterprise and systems integration components. He also worked as a system analyst, database modeler, systems architect, and mentoring junior developers. He has experience using Java (Standard and Enterprise), Javascript, Struts, Hibernate, JAAS, SQL, and several third-party APIs. JBoss and Websphere application servers. PostgreSQL and DB2. Windows and Linux. Leonardo has a specialization in Software Engineering from Faculdade Boa Viagem, a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Universidade de Pernambuco, and studied at Colégio Vera Cruz. His Tech Stack includes Software Engineer, Backend, SQL, Java, Javascript, Integration, Senior Software Engineer, CI/CD, Web, designer, Kubernetes, Docker, Typescript, ML, NoSQL, Microservices, Search, infra, NodeJS, and Python.