Alex Azevedo Email & Phone Number

Rio De Janeiro, Rj, Br

North Bethesda, Md, Usa

Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

BitBank is a fintech that provides AI based solutions for Stock Markets / investing platforms

United States

Avaaz is a 68 million member civic organization / campaigning community launched with the mission to close the gap between the world we have and the world most people everywhere want. It's an online platform with high traffic and millions of active members. - Refactored and optimized the existing Donation Service using Python/Django, achieving PCI compliance and improving system efficiency.- Led the migration of a large PHP monolith into microservices, leveraging Cloudflare Workers, AWS Lambda, SQS, and Python, resulting in improved system scalability and maintainability on systems with millions of daily requests;- Developed a tool to combat disinformation on social media, enabling campaigners to detect and fact-check posts across platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.- Introduced Python coding and testing guidelines, enhancing code quality and team productivity.Collaborated with campaigners to enhance campaign performance through data-driven solutions and analytics.

South San Francisco, California, Estados Unidos

Periscope is a live video streaming application acquired by Twitter a few years ago. - Led the development and coordination of internal APIs for Periscope's backend systems, focusing on enhancing the platform's scalability and performance using Cloud Computing tools such as AWS and Google Cloud Platform.- Played a key role in developing and optimizing financial systems, ensuring seamless integration and robust functionality.Primarily utilized Python and Java to build and maintain critical backend tools, contributing to the platform's stability and reliability.

Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

- Co-founded AulaZ, a crowdfunding platform designed to empower individuals by enabling them to share knowledge through community-driven educational projects.- Architected and developed a comprehensive online platform for both online and offline classes, utilizing Python (Django), Celery, and PHP, and built the entire technology stack from the ground up.- Collaborated closely with instructors and local communities to design and launch courses, workshops, and other educational initiatives, fostering a culture of learning and knowledge sharing.

Rio De Janeiro Area, Brazil

Digital Marketing Agency and IT outsourcing company. Worked providing web and mobile solutions to our customers like Readers Digest, L'Oreal and others.

Rio De Janeiro Area, Brazil

ChefTV is a Brazilian gastronomy related TV channel. Created the whole IT/tech structure from scratch and managed the entire tech team. I've worked on the creation of all internal systems, such as accountability systems (mostly in Python/Django), Chef TV's e-commerce store (Magento), Tablet Menu (Restaurant Menu App for iPad) and iRestaurante, an online/mobile platform for restaurant reservations / waiting lines.

Rio De Janeiro Area, Brazil

Sr. consultant and IT Coordinator working on development of mobile apps, e-commerce solutions and facebook apps on big Elogia accounts (Estacio/Claro/Blackberry, Golden Cross, etc)Contributed at web site traffic growth, web site UI and advertising revenue. Contributed at brand strategy and statistics systems.

Rio De Janeiro

Development of backend/frontend solutions in big projects at Globo.com , Chef TV and Prêmio Innovare. Worked on the development of internal mobile apps using PHP (Symphony) / Python (Django and Flask) and Objective C.

Rio De Janeiro Area, Brazil

Embratel is the biggest telecommunications company in Brazil. Developed internal solutions for network monitoring (data / voice) and SLA management. Worked on the development of a billing system for corporate clients / big accounts like Banco do Brasil and Correios (Brazil Post Office). Started as an external contractor / consultant and was hired the following year.

Mountain View, Ca

Google Summer of Code' 08 program - worked supporting open-source communities with new features/solutions. Worked actively contributing with Joomla, on a new ORM to support multiple database systems, like Oracle / MySQL / PostgreSQL / SQL Server using PHP.

Rio De Janeiro Area, Brazil

HostNet is one of top 5 web hosting and web services companies in Brazil.- Developed and maintained key components of HostNet's in-house hosting control panel, help-desk system, and domain registrar integrations, contributing to the company’s position as one of the top 5 web hosting and web services providers in Brazil.- Utilized PHP, PERL, and Python to build scalable and reliable solutions that supported a large customer base and streamlined internal operations.- Played a pivotal role in the continuous improvement of HostNet's technical infrastructure, driving innovation and efficiency in service delivery.

Bs, Computer Science

Bs, Physics