Software Architect | Data Engineer | Applied AI Specialist
Software Architect with over a decade of experience in software engineering, specializing in the design and maintenance of high-performance, large-scale distributed systems. Currently leading mission-critical architectures for the Open Finance and Open Insurance ecosystems in Brazil.
- Architecture & Distributed Systems: Expert in building performant SaaS backend systems and microservices architectures using the Java/JVM ecosystem, Python, AWS and Kubernetes.
- Data Engineering: Extensive experience in designing and implementing robust data pipelines utilizing AWS Glue, Athena, PySpark, and S3 to meet complex regulatory SLAs.
- Applied Artificial Intelligence: Specializing in integrating AI, with a current focus on Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and Vector Databases to optimize information retrieval and decision-making.
- Observability & Reliability: Advanced implementation of observability stacks including OpenTelemetry, SigNoz, and Prometheus to ensure system health and high availability.
- Backend & Languages: Java (Spring Stack, WebFlux), Python (FastAPI, PySpark).
- Cloud & Infrastructure: AWS (EKS, Lambda, SQS, SNS, RDS), Terraform, Docker, ArgoCD.
- Data & AI Stack: AWS SageMaker, Snowflake, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, ClickHouse, DuckDB.
- Methodologies: Agile (Scrum/Kanban), Automated Testing, CI/CD.
- Seguro-Hub (Co-founder): A strategic platform leveraging Open Insurance data to normalize and compare insurance products in Brazil.
- Metrics Collector Platform: Led the architectural design for a large-scale collector for Bacen and Susep.
- OpenGo: Developer of a public intelligence tool designed to explore and compare interest rates across the Open Finance landscape.
- Graduate Certificate in Applied Artificial Intelligence – Instituto Federal de Goiás - IFG.
- Graduate Certificate in Distributed Software Architecture – PUC Minas.
- Bachelor in Information Systems – Universidade Federal de Goiás - UFG.
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner.
Contact & Networking
- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/alexpereiramaranhao
- Email: alexpereira365@gmail.com



