VICTOR
MENDES
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BACKEND · BANKING INFRASTRUCTURE · BRAZIL

SENIOR
SOFTWARE ENGINEER.

I build reliable software for serious environments, but I try not to make engineering feel heavier than it needs to be. These days I work on critical banking security systems while staying close to architecture, automation, cloud, CI/CD, and team leadership.

1. BACKENDCOPY
events -> services -> observability -> calm production
2. FRONTENDCOPY
clear interfaces -> maintainable products -> happier teams

EXPERIENCE TRACE

~/victor/profile

› cat ./current-work

domain ......... banking · security · scale

client ......... project for Itau Unibanco

architecture ......... event-driven systems

volume ......... hundreds of thousands of events/day

scope ......... backend · frontend · full stack

› cat ./leadership

→ senior engineer · tech lead experience · people-first delivery

WHAT I BRING

SECURE BACKEND

I like the kind of backend work where correctness matters: critical flows, tricky integrations, and business rules that need to be boring in production.

EVENT-DRIVEN SCALE

Hands-on work with event-driven systems, high daily volume, traceability, resilience, and service contracts that teams can trust.

FRONTEND & PRODUCT

I have spent enough time full stack to care about the user-facing part too: clear interfaces, maintainable code, and product sense.

TECH LEADERSHIP

I enjoy helping teams turn messy problems into decisions, plans, and steady delivery without making the process feel heavier than the work.

PEOPLE MANAGEMENT

I care about mentorship, communication, and the human side of engineering. Good systems matter. Good teams matter just as much.

CREATIVE ENGINEERING

Game development, classic books, and tabletop RPGs keep me close to systems, stories, and the fun of building worlds from rules.

PERSONAL

Outside the codebase, I am drawn to worlds with rules, tension, and imagination: tabletop RPGs, game development as a hobby, and classic literature, especially authors like Dostoevsky and Tolstoy. I like systems, but I also like stories, characters, and all the strange little reasons people build things.

I also live with my German Spitz dogs. I love them, and they do a pretty good job of reminding me that not every system needs to be optimized.

"Senior, architect and trusted with leadership."

I have already worked as a technical lead, I keep being invited into leadership responsibilities, and I currently operate as a senior engineer in a high-complexity environment. I mention it without much ceremony: the work can do most of the talking.

CONTACT

OPEN CHANNEL

If you want to talk about tech, architecture, leadership, TTRPGs, gamedev, books, or just compare notes on building things, feel free to reach out. I'm always happy to have a good conversation.