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Kleyson Prado

Senior Software Engineer

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20+ years building digital products.

From a small university in Brazil to startups in Canada.

I write code that ships.

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Chapter 01

The Journey

I started coding before it was cool. My path wasn't linear — it was a git history of experiments, pivots, and growth.

#2021—now main

BuildOps

Staff Software Engineer

All-in-one operational software for commercial contractors.

Returned to mobile development, driving a complex React Native application with heavy offline capabilities for field technicians.

Backend work spans NodeJS, GraphQL, REST APIs, all running on AWS infrastructure.

#2019—2021 feature/agriculture

Telus Agriculture

Senior Software Engineer

Technology innovation for food production through FarmAtHand and Decisive Farming.

Joined through FarmAtHand, a Winnipeg startup newly acquired. Modernized code, infrastructure, and product — migrated to CI pipeline with hosting and autoscaling on AWS.

Led stack migration from NodeJS/React/PostgreSQL/AWS to .NET Core/Angular/SQL Server/Azure after corporate merge.

#2017—2019 feature/canada

SkipTheDishes

Senior Software Engineer

The company that brought me to Canada. Food delivery tech across 500+ cities.

First interview, first offer, life-changing move. Migrated customer app from Python to React/Redux with full i18n — enabled Skip to launch in Quebec in French ahead of competitors.

Built real-time applications using GraphQL, DynamoDB, Kinesis streams. Revamped back-office systems, automating workflows for operations teams.

#2012—2017 enterprise

DATAPREV

Systems Analyst

Brazilian Public IT — Social Security systems serving millions.

Massive organization: 23 states, 3 data centers, 5 development units, 5000+ employees. Enterprise stack with J2EE, Oracle.

Drove modernization — built Agile methodology with BDD, code reviews, CI/CD. Led training in React and React Native, migrated JSF apps to SPAs.

#2004—2012 origin

Vale do Acaraú State University

IT Director

Where it all began. 14 years — from intern to IT Director.

Migrated educational software from legacy Clipper to LAMP stack, enabling the University's first online student enrollment.

As team lead, managed 5 developers. Redesigned 20+ modules using PHP, JavaScript, PostgreSQL. In my final year, managed a 22-person team supporting 50+ applications.

Chapter 02

The Stack

20+ years, 50+ projects, 5 organizations.
I'm a T-shaped developer — generalist approach, specialist where it matters.

Core
React TypeScript Node.js React Native PostgreSQL AWS GraphQL Next.js .NET Angular Python Docker MongoDB Redis Azure Vue Svelte Go Java PHP Flutter Redux Prisma K8s Terraform MySQL GCP

I've never limited myself to a single domain. I move fluidly between frontend, mobile, backend, and infrastructure — taking freelance work specifically to gain experience with new stacks.

20+ years shipping code
50+ projects delivered
3 countries