>_Luan Santana

Systems by design. Performance by default.

Data Engineering,
Backend Architecture
and System
Performance

Senior Software & Data Engineer building reliable data platforms, scalable backends and observable systems.

INGESTPROCESSSERVEOBSERVE
STREAMSDATABASESAPIsFILES
VALIDATION
TRANSFORM
ENRICH
AGGREGATE
SERVICES
REST APIEVENTSDATA STORE
THROUGHPUT18.7k events/s
LATENCY P95127 ms
ERROR RATE0.18%
AVAILABILITY99.95%
DISTRIBUTED TRACE0ms50ms100ms150ms200ms250ms
SIGNAL

Since 2013 Curitiba, Brazil Python / FastAPI / AWS / Kubernetes

01 / PROFILE

Engineering across the whole system.

I work where data, backend architecture and production performance meet. My focus is turning complex business workflows into systems that are easier to operate, observe and evolve.

Since 2013, I have built and modernized software across fintech, ERP, education, IoT, mining and data-intensive platforms — from small product teams to critical, large-scale systems.

I stay hands-on: designing architecture, writing production code, diagnosing bottlenecks, improving delivery practices and helping engineers make better technical decisions.

13+years building software
20%performance gain in ERP modernization
4+years with international teams

02 / OPERATING MODEL

Four connected engineering lenses.

01

Data platforms

Ingestion, orchestration and medallion pipelines designed for traceability, idempotency and reprocessing.

Spark · Airflow · Pandas · S3 · PostgreSQL
02

Backend architecture

Pragmatic APIs and modular systems that keep business rules clear while scaling safely.

Python · FastAPI · Django · Node.js · RabbitMQ
03

System performance

Profiling, bottleneck removal, asynchronous workloads and high-availability thinking built into delivery.

Kubernetes · Redis · AWS · Queues · CI/CD
04

Observability

Production signals that connect traces, metrics and logs to user and business impact.

OpenTelemetry · Prometheus · Grafana · APM

03 / SELECTED WORK

Systems built around real constraints.

02

FINTECH · END-TO-END DELIVERY

FGFAST

Loan simulation and proposal lifecycle features combining complex backend rules, integrations and traceable data layers.

FastAPIReactAWSSparkAirflow
FOCUSConsistency & traceability
03

ERP · LEGACY MODERNIZATION

VHSYS

Led the evolution of a legacy monolith into a modular, domain-oriented architecture, centralizing business rules and moving long processes to queues.

DDDHexagonal architecturePHPQueuesObservability
RESULT+20% performance−25% maintenance
04

MINING / IOT · PRODUCTION SCALE

Fast2Mine

Improved performance and operability for real-time vehicle tracking, removing bottlenecks across messaging, APIs and heterogeneous data stores.

Python / FalconMQTTRabbitMQRedisAWS
FOCUSReal-time systemsPerformance & observability

04 / EXPERIENCE

From web platforms to data engineering.

Data Engineer Marlabs / Serasa Experian

Long-term data engineering engagement focused on reliable data systems in an enterprise environment.

Senior Software Engineer Joiss

End-to-end delivery across fintech, payments, ticketing and secure educational systems using Python, React, TypeScript, Laravel, NestJS and Django.

Senior Engineer / Technical Leadership PureSpectrum · Fast2Mine

Data-heavy survey systems and real-time mining operations, with a focus on architecture, performance and team delivery.

Software Engineering & Education CrossKnowledge · VHSYS · Kenzie · MAD

International SaaS products, ERP modernization, engineering education and internal automation spanning Python, JavaScript, Vue, PHP and AWS.

05 / CURRENT LEARNING

Learning as an engineering practice.

My current study loop connects applied AI with the systems work I already do: building useful AI capabilities, evaluating them in production, and integrating them into reliable data and backend architectures.

ACTIVE

LLM & GenAI engineering

Applied AI specialization at UFPR

ACTIVE

Multi-agent systems

Coordination, evaluation and operational patterns

EXPANDING

Go for data engineering

Efficient services, tooling and concurrent workloads

CONTINUOUS

Architecture & observability

Hexagonal design, telemetry and performance

06 / CONTACT

Let's build systems that hold up.

Open to senior software and data engineering conversations, technical collaboration and B2B consulting.

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