NAME="Nelson Lourenço"
ROLE="Chapter Lead"
KERNEL="Linux 6.8.9-arch1-1"
UPTIME="20y 4m 12d"
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Business areas: Blockchain | OSS Telecoms | Automotive | Banking. Resilient - Problem solver - Team player. Team leader - Architect - Performance engineer - DevOps. Ability to troubleshoot - Profiling - Optimize complex code. Familiar with a large and complex system.
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$Leading technical chapters and driving engineering excellence across distributed teams.
$Architecting robust, scalable solutions and enforcing high-standard DevOps practices.
$Leading recruitment interviews and technical screening for senior engineering chapters.
$Mentoring senior engineers and fostering a culture of continuous learning and knowledge sharing.
$Research and deployment of a Layer 3 (L3) solution using OP Stack.
$Created enterprise-grade modules for seamless L3 integration.
$Architected and implemented a blockchain firewall to enforce granular enterprise policies (Geo-fencing, Whitelisting).
$Created POCs for authenticating Web3/Web2 and transaction signing (Firebase, Auth0, Privy, MM).
$Created the MCP Wallet protocol, bridging AI agent capabilities with secure Web3 interactions.
$Exploring the 'Agentic Web'-where LLMs autonomously manage assets via secure, verifiable wallets.
$Integrated QChain with Stacks to enable asset locking, transaction monitoring, and settlement processing.
$Architected and developed an abstract asset-locking (deposit and settlement) component on Layer 1.
$Led the integration of multiple Cosmos chains (Atom, Kava, Osmosis, Celestia, etc.).
$Refactored Qredo Block Explorer, improving throughput by 30%.
$Conducted professional technical interviews and defined hiring standards for the blockchain engineering department.
$Research and implementation of IaC for L1 and L2 blockchain networks (Starknet, Avalanche, Celo).
$Built Data Availability Committee (DAC) infrastructure for Arbitrum Nitro.
$Delivered high-stakes projects for ProtocolLabs and Codifi Assets RWA.
$Implemented blockchain health checks for EVMs.
$Performed technical recruitment interviews for senior protocol and frontend roles.
$Led the digital transformation of specialized luxury management workflows via Bubble-Go (Switzerland).
$Streamlined internal asset management systems, reducing manual processing time by 25%.
$Modernized legacy logic into a responsive, high-security Node.js architecture.
$Led technical interview processes for nearshore engineering talent.
$GoLang lead developer. Started a GoLang team, enforcing best practices.
$Main activities: Architect, Development full-stack, Estimations/allocation of work tasks, Selection of team members.
$Architected modern microservices for Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB) systems, integrating NLP report analysis for automated insights.
$Engineered real-time SGR feed data integration to stream mission-critical market data to front-end dashboards.
$Developed an automated mail distribution system leveraging ML models for intelligent routing and prioritization.
$Migrated legacy monolithes to a containerized K8s architecture using Go and Skaffold for accelerated development cycles.
$Active member of the technical recruitment board, conducting high-level CIB engineering interviews.
$Leading nearshore developer team working to BMW Munich.
$Trainer in Everis Academy, delivering technical excellence sessions to senior engineers.
$Conducted extensive recruitment interviews and technical tests for nearshore expansion.
$Established an inclusive culture and career progression roadmap in a high-performance developer group.
$Optimized core banking services and redesigned payment processing modules to handle peak loads.
$Performed Java performance tuning and Oracle DB optimizations.
$A 14-year journey of continuous improvement and engineering excellence, delivering mission-critical value across 4 continents.
$Architected performance-critical systems serving millions of subscribers across the Altice global network.
$Mastered the lifecycle of complex systems, from initial concept to decadal maintenance.
$Experienced technical interviewer for carrier-grade system engineering roles.