Higor Prado

> Software & Data Engineer

Building data infrastructure, ML pipelines, and distributed systems. 10+ years shipping production software across cloud platforms, with a passion for clean architecture and developer experience.

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10+ Years of Experience PMP Certified 7 Years Teaching 3 Publications

Skills

Data Engineering

Python Apache Airflow Apache Spark Kafka BigQuery ETL Data Lakes

Backend

FastAPI Django Flask REST APIs PostgreSQL Redis

Cloud & Infra

AWS GCP Kubernetes Docker Terraform CI/CD

AI & ML

TensorFlow PyTorch Computer Vision scikit-learn LLMs

Other

Git Linux NixOS Rust TypeScript Go

Experience

2025 -- present

Senior Software Engineer | Data Engineer

levva / Azul Airlines
  • Building data infrastructure and ML pipelines for aviation operations
  • Designing distributed systems on cloud platforms at scale
2023 -- 2025

Tech Lead + Senior Software Engineer

Softfocus
  • Led technical decisions for data platform serving enterprise clients
  • Architected ETL pipelines processing millions of records daily
  • Mentored engineering team on best practices and clean architecture
2017 -- 2024

Teacher

Data Science Academy
  • Taught data engineering, ML, and software architecture courses
  • Developed curriculum for Python, SQL, and cloud computing tracks
2022 -- 2023

Senior Software Engineer | Data Engineer

VOLL
  • Built real-time data processing pipelines with Kafka and Spark
  • Designed and maintained data lake architecture on AWS
2018 -- 2021

Tech Lead & Co-Founder

Hevoparmm Corp
  • Co-founded tech startup focused on computer vision and AI solutions
  • Led full-stack development from prototype to production
  • Managed a distributed engineering team across multiple projects
2011 -- 2018

Senior Software Engineer

Prodemge
  • Developed enterprise systems for the state government of Minas Gerais
  • Built high-availability Java and Python applications serving millions of citizens
  • Designed database architectures and integration layers
2010 -- 2011

Junior Software Engineer

Teknisa
  • Developed ERP modules and business logic in Java
  • Started career in enterprise software development

GitHub Activity

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Open Source Contributions

niri Scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor 22.5k stars
zeroclaw Autonomous AI assistant infrastructure 30k stars
rmpc Terminal-based MPD client with album art 2.7k stars
spotatui Standalone Spotify terminal client 573 stars
dqtensor Differentiable quantum tensor network library 40 stars
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Education & Certifications

B.Sc. Computer Science PUC Minas
Software Architecture Full Cycle
Data Engineer PUC Minas
PMP PSM I ITIL Deep Learning Nanodegree

Publications

Research on software engineering practices and data-driven development

Academic and professional publications