Experience
Professional experience in AI, machine learning, and software engineering.
AI Engineer — Craftsman+
March 2026 – Present
- Developing video generation systems
- Deploying a scalable and resilient pipeline to support video generation
- Developing other backend components of the solution
Stack: TypeScript, AWS, Jest, SST, Claude
Machine Learning Engineer — Factored AI
Feb 2025 – Jan 2026
- Developed a synthetic user framework to simulate human responses for market research using OpenAI APIs.
- Fine-tuned modernBERT for USPTO patent classification as part of an agentic RAG system.
- Built an ML-based talent matching platform and a stock comparison chat agent using LangGraph.
Stack: Python, FastAPI, LangGraph, MCP, Databricks, AWS, RAG, neo4j, OAuth, Pandas
Co-Founder & AI Lead — Retail Analytics Startup
Sep 2024 – Feb 2025
- Led the use of vision-language models to extract actionable customer insights from in-store imagery.
- Defined AI strategy and aligned technical development with business goals.
Stack: Python, Vision-Language Models (Claude, Qwen), FastAPI
Computer Vision Research Scientist — Modelme
Apr 2022 – Sep 2023
- Developed methods for photorealistic virtual fashion generation using diffusion models and custom CLIP embeddings.
- Led multiple production image projects, including segmentation, super-resolution, color transfer, and lighting improvements.
- Took research projects from PoCs to production-ready APIs.
Stack: Python, PyTorch, Stable Diffusion, CLIP, OpenAPI, Docker
Backend Engineer — Justa
2020 – 2021
- Refactored legacy code to improve system reliability and performance.
- Implemented server-side features, including support for Brazilian PIX payments.
Stack: Java, SQL, Spring Boot, JUnit, Hibernate
Gameplay Engineer — Puga Studios
2020
- Implemented core game mechanics in Unity.
- Identified and resolved gameplay bugs during development.
Stack: C#, Unity, Git
Education
MSc in Computer Science – Artificial Intelligence and Media
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE) — Graduated 2023
BSc in Computer Engineering
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE) — Graduated 2019