Summary
Luã De Souza is a seasoned software engineer and engineering leader with 13 years of experience building and scaling web and backend systems across startups, agencies and product companies. He blends deep hands-on expertise in PHP/Symfony with strong competence in TypeScript, NodeJS, Python, microservices, CI/CD, Docker/Kubernetes and AWS to deliver pragmatic, test-driven architectures. Luã has led multi-disciplinary squads and held senior roles from Head of Engineering to Staff Engineer, translating business goals into measurable technical outcomes and quarterly OKRs. He pairs a product-focused, agile mindset with attention to monitoring, logging and operational excellence—often stepping into code to unblock teams. Early entrepreneurship (co-founding hardware/software ventures) gives him a practical instinct for shipping end-to-end solutions and vendor/contract management. Based in Sydney, he’s known for driving engineering best practices while keeping delivery velocity and stakeholder communication tightly aligned.
14 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Software Technology/Technician, Computer Software Technology/Technician at Instituto Infnet
Bachelor Computer Science, Bachelor Computer Science at Universidade Gama Filho
Portuguese, English