Thiago Lunardi
Senior Software Engineering Manager at Apaleo
Berlin, Germany
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Top SchoolThiago Lunardi is a seasoned engineering leader with 25+ years in software and over a decade managing teams, currently shaping platform and delivery strategy as a Senior Software Engineering Manager in Berlin. He excels at scaling distributed, cross-functional teams in SaaS and fintech, marrying product outcomes with measurable engineering metrics like cycle time, throughput, and team health. A people-first, trust-driven manager, he transformed delivery at Templafy—moving teams from Scrum to Kanban and cutting cycle time by 77% while increasing throughput and stakeholder engagement. Technically grounded (former Microsoft Azure MVP) and hands-on, he applies Domain-Driven Design and clean-architecture practices—illustrated by a DDD-refactored MVC MusicStore project on GitHub. Comfortable operating across strategy, execution and compliance, he has led secure AI integrations and payment/account data workstreams in regulated environments. Colleagues describe him as a clarity-driven leader who builds psychological safety, rehires top talent, and consistently ties engineering work to business impact.
11 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
MBA, Technology and Production Management, MBA, Technology and Production Management at Universidade de TaubatéTechnician, Industrial Technology/Technician, Technician, Industrial Technology/Technician at Colégio Técnico ETEP
English, Portuguese, German
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Github Skills (17)
netframework10
entity-framework10
dotnet-core10
csharp10
solid-principles9
dependency-injection9
domain-driven-design8
dapper8
mvc8
ninject7
entityframeworkcore-migrations6
oracle6
sql-server6
code-first6
asp-net-mvc6
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
thiagolunardi/MvcMusicStoreDDD
Feb 2015 - Oct 2019
The same MVC MusicStore published by Microsoft, but written with all best practices design and architectural patterns as DDD, SelfValidation, SOLID and tests
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:24 commits, 1 PR, 21 pushes in 4 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Thiago primarily contributed to the back-end of the MVC MusicStore project, focusing on data access and domain logic. They implemented changes to the data context, repository classes, and services, introducing validation and managing context lifecycles. The user's commits addressed dependencies, configuration, and code structure improvements. The user also updated NuGet packages and refactored code to align with DDD principles.
architectural-patternsdddmvc
thiagolunardi/todo-csharp-sql
Jul 2024 - Nov 2024
A blueprint for getting a React web app with a C# API and a SQL database on Azure. The blueprint includes sample application code (a ToDo web app) which can be removed and replaced with your own application code. Add your own source code and leverage the Infrastructure as Code assets (written in Bicep) to get up and running quickly.
Contributions:14 PRs, 187 pushes, 18 branches in 3 months
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