Roberto Alves
Platform Engineering Manager
São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Summary
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Top SchoolRoberto Alves is a Platform Engineering Manager based in São Paulo with a decade of experience building and scaling platform and digital product teams at Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein. He combines hands-on engineering roots—coding since age 14 and contributing Portuguese localization improvements to Microsoft’s TypeScript website—with strategic leadership gained through roles from Full Stack Developer to Platform Engineering Manager. An educator and mentor, he teaches MBA courses, mentors startups, and volunteers in developer communities, translating technical depth into practical learning. With an MBA from USP and a bachelor’s in Information Systems from FIAP, he blends business acumen with systems thinking to align platform reliability and product goals. Notably, his open-source work focused on improving developer-facing UX for Portuguese speakers, reflecting a commitment to accessibility and internationalization.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Fédération Internationale de l'Art PhotographiqueMBA Business Management, MBA Business Management at USP - Universidade de São PauloEnsino Médio Técnico Tecnologia da Informação com ênfase em Redes de Computadores, Ensino Médio Técnico Tecnologia da Informação com ênfase em Redes de Computadores at FITO - Fundação Instituto Tecnológico de Osasco
English, Portuguese
Github Skills (8)
internationalization10
localization10
typescript-types9
typescript9
typescripts9
javascript7
website-design6
website-development6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/TypeScript-Website
Jan 2021 - Jan 2021
The Website and web infrastructure for learning TypeScript
Role in this project:
Localization / Internationalization Specialist
Localization / Internationalization SpecialistContributions:6 commits, 1 PR, 3 comments in 6 days
Contributions summary:Roberto focused on translating the website's content into Portuguese (pt). Their commits primarily involved modifying the `dt.ts` file, updating text strings related to the "Type Search" functionality. They contributed multiple updates, refining and correcting the Portuguese translations to improve accuracy and clarity. The changes demonstrate a clear focus on adapting the website's user interface for Portuguese-speaking users.
typescript
robertosousa1/gobarber-api
Nov 2019 - Aug 2021
A barber scheduling app that allows users to schedule an appointment with his favorite barber and shows to the barber his agenda for the day.
Contributions:111 commits, 12 PRs, 29 pushes in 1 year 9 months
reactschedulingexpressjsbarberjavascript
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