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Eduardo S. - Remote full-stack developer

Eduardo S.

Senior Software Architect
Based in: 🇧🇷 Brazil
Timezone: Brasilia (UTC-3)

About

Senior Software Engineer with 18+ years of experience in software development, specializing in Go Lang (6+ years), Laravel (10+ years), and cloud technologies (AWS, GCP, Azure). Led the development of 20+ global applications, transitioning monolithic systems to microservices, optimizing performance, and mentoring teams to deliver scalable, high-reliability solutions.

Work Experience

Senior Software Engineer
Grand Slam Media, Toronto, Canada | Dec 2021 - Present
MySQL
Laravel
React
Golang

A leader in digital advertising and technology solutions for ad auction platforms.

  • Refactored PHP workers into optimized Go services, increasing ad auction queue processing speed by 70% under high traffic conditions.
  • Integrated Laravel Horizon for queue management and Laravel Telescope for debugging, improving workflow efficiency by 30% throughout the development lifecycle.
  • Modernized key components of legacy systems from PHP and JavaScript to modern frameworks such as Laravel and React, achieving a reduction in technical debt of 35% which directly contributed to improved application performance.
  • Streamlined cloud deployment with Laravel Vapor, achieving zero-downtime updates and cutting infrastructure costs by 25%.
  • Designed a robust persistence layer using MySQL and MongoDB, processing over 200 queries per minute and improving user experience through faster load times on critical features.
  • Transitioned on-premise applications to AWS, implementing cost-efficient deployment practices that saved $5,000 monthly while improving system scalability and reliability.
  • Debugged critical platform errors, ensuring 99.9% uptime and enhancing the reliability of real-time ad auction systems used by 5,000+ daily advertisers.
  • Developed workflows using Laravel, React, and GoLang, accelerating feature delivery by 20% through process improvements and strategic collaboration.
Senior Back-End Engineer (Go Lang)
FinTron Invest (Acquired by Apex Group), Stamford, CT, USA | Sep 2024 - Jan 2025
PostgreSQL
Apache Kafka
GraphQL
gRPC
Golang

Fintech that manages more than US$1 billion in client assets, specializing in investment solutions powered by a highly complex microservices architecture.

  • Engineered Apex Clearinghouse API integrations using GoLang and gRPC, enabling 5,000+ daily transactions with a 40% faster integration timeline.
  • Built innovative solutions using GoLang to extend existing Apex APIs, leading to successful integration tests which identified critical performance bottlenecks impacting system responsiveness by an average of two seconds per request.
  • Elevated RESTful API performance, reducing response latency from 5 seconds to 2 seconds.
  • Refined deployment processes with CI/CD pipelines, incorporating automated rollback strategies that reduced incident response times from five minutes to one minute during outages.
  • Drafted comprehensive testing strategies, including unit tests, integration tests, and contract tests, ensuring API communication accuracy and reducing critical bugs in production systems by 40% over three months.
  • Set up structured logging protocols for all API calls using centralized logging solutions, improving visibility of system performance and reducing troubleshooting time by 30%, enabling faster resolution of potential security threats in real time.

Projects

Laravel, Angular, PostgreSQL, Laravel Horizon and Laravel Vapor Course
2022
Angular
PostgreSQL
Laravel
Vapor
Laravel, Angular, PostgreSQL, Laravel Horizon and Laravel Vapor Course I am recording a course covering Laravel, Angular, PostgreSQL, Laravel Horizon and Laravel Vapor technologies. I realized that even today there is no training that covers this stack and as I work for 7+ years with these technologies, I decided it was time to create this content.

Education

Code Education
Specialization Degree・Specialization in Scalable Applications with Microservices
Dec 2019 - Aug 2023

Certifications & Awards

English C2 Certificate
Beetools | Dec 2022
Training PostgreSQL Database
Targettrust | Aug 2013