Gustavo Andrade

Senior Software Engineer

Natal, Brazil · Open to Remote (Worldwide) · +55 84 99925-4980

About

Senior Full-Stack Engineer with 15+ years of experience building and scaling product-driven applications across fintech, e-commerce, streaming, and SaaS. Proven track record of delivering end-to-end features with PHP/Laravel, Vue.js, and Python, from database optimization and real-time infrastructure to AI-powered workflows. Reduced backend database load by 20% at a cloud communications platform, led a concurrency overhaul that scaled an OTT platform to handle 5x more requests per pod, and shipped a production RAG system for M&A due diligence at a high-growth startup.

Skills

AI & LLM Engineering
Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), multi-agent systems, semantic chunking, vector search, embeddings, Amazon Bedrock, Google Gemini API
Backend
PHP, Laravel, Python, FastAPI, Django, Node.js
Data & Pipelines
Apache Airflow, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, vector databases
Infrastructure & DevOps
AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, observability (Grafana)
Frontend & Mobile
TypeScript, React, Vue.js, React Native

Experience

Mar 2025 — Present

Senior Software Engineer · Clearly Acquired, Denver, CO (Remote)

AI-driven M&A marketplace and financing platform for small and mid-market business acquisitions.

  • Designed and implemented an end-to-end Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) system with semantic chunking and vector search, enabling reliable extraction of numeric data from complex financial documents used in M&A due diligence.
  • Developed "Clara," a central AI agent that combined several specialized tools into one chat interface. Used intent routing to handle complex questions across different features, simplifying the user experience and enabling cross-tool analysis.

Tech stack: PHP, Laravel, Vue.js, Python, MySQL, PostgreSQL, AWS (Lambda, S3, Bedrock), Google Gemini API, vector search.

Apr 2024 — Mar 2025

Senior Software Engineer · Aloware, Los Angeles, CA (Remote)

Cloud-based customer communication platform combining voice, SMS, CRM, and automation.

  • Built full-stack features powering core communication workflows, using PHP/Laravel on the backend and Vue.js on the frontend.
  • Reduced backend database queries by 20% through systematic query profiling, refactoring, and caching, cutting production database response times.
  • Implemented a self-hosted WebSocket system with Socket.io to replace Pusher, eliminating the biggest third-party service cost and giving the team full control over the real-time layer.

Tech stack: PHP, Laravel, Vue.js, MySQL, Redis, Socket.io, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS (S3), Grafana.

Mar 2023 — Apr 2024

Backend Software Engineer · Morsum, New York, NY (Remote)

E-commerce platform (Anchovi) integrating client ERP systems at scale.

  • Built and maintained data ingestion pipelines in Python and Apache Airflow, integrating ERP systems with the Anchovi e-commerce platform, which enabled real-time inventory updates and improved order-processing reliability.

Tech stack: Python, Apache Airflow, PHP, Laravel, Laravel Nova, MySQL.

Jan 2019 — Apr 2023

Tech Lead · Netshow.me, São Paulo, SP (Remote)

OTT streaming platform serving live events and on-demand video at scale.

  • Led the adoption of PHP Swoole in the company's Laravel-based OTT platform, leveraging concurrency to handle 5x more requests per pod with the same infrastructure footprint.
  • Mentored engineers through code reviews, pair programming, and architectural discussions, and ran knowledge-sharing sessions on the PHP/Laravel ecosystem, which improved code quality and reduced onboarding time.

Tech stack: PHP, Laravel, PHP Swoole, MySQL, Redis, AWS, Docker.

Education

2015 — 2016
Specialization — Mobile Application Development
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN)
2006 — 2010
Bachelor's Degree — Computer Software Engineering
Universidade Potiguar (UnP)

Languages

Portuguese (Native) · English (Fluent, CEFR C1, tested 2025)

Contact

contato@gustavoandrade.net +55 84 99925-4980 GitHub LinkedIn CV (PDF)