Diego Varussa Pereira
Senior Backend Engineer | Cloud Architect | Node.js, TypeScript, Microservices | API | AWS & Azure |
Scalable Systems
Summary
Senior Engineer and Cloud Architect with over 14 years of experience building high-scale,
cloud-native applications. Proven impact: 97% latency reduction (5s to 150ms),
98% faster data processing, and 75% cloud cost savings through
Microservices and Serverless migrations. Core stack: Node.js, TypeScript, NestJS, with deep
expertise in AWS and Azure, Kubernetes, CDK, Terraform, and CI/CD.
Experience
DIEGO VARUSSA PEREIRA LTDA Maringá, PR
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Led the full lifecycle of an Electron desktop application featuring an in-game overlay,
leveraging AI-driven development with Claude to accelerate complex
feature prototyping and maintain a continuous delivery cycle.
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Architected and implemented a scalable full-stack solution using NestJS and
Apollo GraphQL on the backend, integrated with Prisma ORM and
MongoDB.
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Developed the frontend using Vue.js 3 with Quasar Framework and
Pinia, ensuring a multilingual, responsive, and high-performance interface.
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Engineered a strategic infrastructure migration from
Google Cloud Platform (GCP/Cloud Run) to Coolify, optimizing container
orchestration and resulting in a 75% reduction in monthly cloud costs.
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Implemented a robust log monitoring system using Axiom, with critical alerts integrated
into Discord, and established secure authentication flows via OAuth2 with direct
integration into the Discord ecosystem.
Geeklys Tokyo, Japan
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Revolutionized the performance of the Scholarship Matching platform by diagnosing
critical latency bottlenecks, implementing advanced GraphQL caching strategies, and
migrating services from AWS Lambda to container architecture on
App Runner, reducing response time from 5 seconds to 150ms (97% optimization).
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Created an AWS infrastructure for trading analysis (Forex) capable of processing hundreds
of events per second, using a stack based on SNS, SQS, DynamoDB, and ECS, ensuring high
availability and data integrity under intense transactional load.
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Standardized resource provisioning through AWS CDK (Infrastructure as Code), ensuring the
entire network (VPC), security (Cognito/API Gateway), and storage
(S3) were managed via code, eliminating manual configuration errors.
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Established observability dashboards in Grafana integrated with
CloudWatch, allowing real-time visualization of service health metrics and immediate
response to failures.
Colorkrew Inc. Tokyo, Japan
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Designed and deployed Kubernetes clusters (AKS) on Microsoft Azure,
configuring the entire internal network topology and Ingress policies, and establishing Auto-scaling rules
to ensure application resilience.
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Developed modular CI/CD pipelines using Terraform and
Helm, enabling standardized automated deployments in multi-cloud environments
(Azure/AWS) and reducing friction between development and operations teams.
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Implemented rigorous access controls, network security, and monitoring within the Kubernetes ecosystem,
ensuring compliance with cloud security best practices.
Mobingi, Inc. Tokyo, Japan
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Identified critical maintenance flaws in legacy billing systems and led the migration from an
EC2 monolith to a Microservices and Serverless (AWS Lambda) architecture
on demand, which reduced cloud operating costs by 40%.
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Architected a RESTful API Gateway under Clean Architecture principles,
achieving 100% integration test coverage with Postman and standardizing error contracts
to facilitate integration between internal services.
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Developed internal telemetry tools for Kubernetes, optimizing the debug flow and
increasing bug resolution speed by 60%, and implemented CI/CD pipelines via
AWS CodePipeline for independent deploys.
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Performed profiling and refactoring of an Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) platform, using
clean architecture principles to identify code bottlenecks and optimize algorithms, resulting in a
90% reduction in API response time.
LinkPro Tokyo, Japan
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Developed a management platform for IoT devices equipped with sensors (temperature,
motion, and humidity) for elderly monitoring, using Zend Expressive and
Vue.js for real-time data visualization.
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Designed multi-platform applications with Electron, integrating with proprietary
C++ image processing engines focused on sharpness and visual optimization algorithms.
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Developed web control panels embedded directly into security camera hardware, using standard web
technologies (HTML/CSS/JS) for low-consumption interfaces.
EC-Giken Santos, São Paulo, Brazil
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Refactored data import processes for the Magento platform (EAV model), reducing
processing time from 20 hours to just 20 minutes (98%) through optimized scripts and
database tuning.
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Developed complex modules for Magento and Zend Framework 2, creating
centralized systems for automatic inventory management and product listing on
Amazon JP and Rakuten marketplaces.
Inove sua Escolha Maringá, Paraná, Brazil
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Acted as Project Leader, managing task distribution for developers and providing
technical mentorship to junior professionals, ensuring technical quality and team growth.
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Led the implementation of a new base framework (PHP/CodeIgniter) with a focus on security
and best practices, resulting in the total eradication of breaches in legacy systems that suffered
recurring attacks.
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Developed REST APIs for integration with mobile applications and managed the integration
of multiple payment gateways with credit card operators.
Skills
AI | Quasar Framework | CI/CD | DevOps | System Architecture | Project Leadership | Node.js | Vue.js | AWS |
GCP | NestJS | GraphQL | MongoDB | REST APIs | Microservices | TypeScript | PHP | JavaScript | MySQL |
Microsoft Azure | Kubernetes | Zend Framework 2 | Zend Expressive | Electron
Education
Specialization in Web Systems Development, Web — Universidade Estadual de Maringá (2011 –
2013)
Web Design and Programming, Web — Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina (2008 – 2011)
Languages
English (Professional Working) · Portuguese (Native or Bilingual)