manoel / amaro

Software Engineer / Tech Lead

Manoel Amaro.

Backend engineering and technical leadership.
Vienna, Austria

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Current role

2022 – present

Erste Digital GmbH.

Software Engineer / Tech Lead

Java · Kotlin · Spring Boot

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Photography

When I’m away from a keyboard, I’m usually carrying a camera.

I photograph places, landscapes, and the small details that make a journey memorable.

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Flamingos wading in a lagoon with snow-capped mountains in the background
Golden sunset over the sea at Pipa's Beach
Sunset light reflecting across the sea and beach at Pipa's Beach

Public projects

  1. A collection of personal and university projects.

Professional experience

  • 2022 – present

    Erste Digital GmbH.

    Software Engineer / Tech Lead

    Lead the backend team, shaping architecture and engineering standards. Build microservices with Java, Kotlin, and Spring Boot; manage data in Elasticsearch and PostgreSQL; develop event-driven pipelines with Kafka; and oversee DevOps across Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS.

    Java · Kotlin · Spring Boot · Microservices · Elasticsearch · PostgreSQL · Kafka · Docker · Kubernetes · AWS

  • 2017 – 2022

    Journi GmbH.

    Software Engineer

    Built Android apps with Java and Kotlin and backend services with Scala and PostgreSQL. Contributed to the React.js frontend and managed deployments with Docker, AWS Elastic Beanstalk, and RDS.

    Android (Java, Kotlin) · Scala · PostgreSQL · React.js · Docker · AWS Elastic Beanstalk · AWS RDS

  • 2016 – 2018

    Channel (H) Inc.

    Software Engineer

    Developed Ruby on Rails applications for the US healthcare sector, parsing and normalizing data from diverse electronic medical records (EMRs) to present clear summaries to patients and clinicians.

    Ruby on Rails · EMR data integration

  • 2013 – 2016

    Phoebus Tecnologia

    Software Engineer

    Built financial transaction processing services with Java, Flex, and AngularJS, and developed Android applications for point-of-sale (POS) systems.

    Java · Flex · AngularJS · Android · POS systems

  • 2010 – 2013

    LAViD — Advanced Audio and Video Laboratory

    Researcher

    Worked on the Knowledge TV research project, developing web services and computational agents for a semantic query service based on Linked Data and Semantic Web principles.

    Web services · Computational agents · Linked Data · Semantic Web

Software skills

Good level
Java · Kotlin · Spring Boot · Kafka · Microservices · Elasticsearch · PostgreSQL · Android (Java, Kotlin) · Go · Git · DevOps (Linux, Docker, AWS, Kubernetes)
Intermediate
Ruby on Rails · Scala · Python · Frontend (React.js)

Languages

Portuguese
Native speaker
English
Fluent
German
B1

Education