Curriculum vitae — updated 2026

Daniel Scheidemantel Camargo

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01 — Profile

Professional summary

Applied AI Engineer and Senior Full-Stack Developer with 8+ years of experience building and operating scalable, high-traffic systems across cloud environments (AWS, GCP). Specialised in deploying production-grade LLM-powered agentic platforms and modernising legacy microservices architectures to drive business efficiency.

Strong track record in the full software lifecycle — from technical scoping and solution architecture to deployment and post-implementation iteration. Proven ability to translate complex business requirements into high-performance technical solutions, with a deep focus on cloud-native patterns, data pipelines, and MLOps.

Barcelona-based, experienced in multi-cultural and remote-first engineering teams. 13 peer-reviewed publications in distributed systems and cloud computing; passionate about open source and AI-driven automation.

02 — Career

Professional experience

  • Founder & Lead Applied AI Engineer

    Current

    Capellaris AI (SaaS, self-funded)

    March 2025 — Present

    • Designed, built and operate a production-grade, LLM-agnostic multi-tenant SaaS platform end-to-end — covering marketing, finance and legal automation use cases for enterprise customers.
    • Full-stack delivery: Python/FastAPI backend, Node.js middleware layer, React front-end, PostgreSQL + pgvector, Redis, Supabase, Cloudflare WAF; GCP infrastructure (CloudRun, Firebase); OAuth 2.0, IAM, secrets management and tenant isolation.
    • Built a reusable agent-orchestration layer (CrewAI + MCP) with embeddings, hybrid search (pgvector + BM25), chunking, reranking and tool-calling; integrated Anthropic Claude, OpenAI and Gemini APIs behind a unified multi-LLM abstraction.
    • Implemented full MLOps lifecycle: prompt versioning, model evaluation, observability (Cloud Logging) and continuous delivery (GitLab CI/CD).
    • Pilot enterprise customer live in production; direct technical account management — requirement scoping, integration support and product iteration based on customer feedback.
  • Senior Software Engineer – Platform & Data APIs

    Current

    Mercado Livre (e-commerce, logistics)

    August 2025 — Present

    • Design, build and operate internal platform APIs for large-scale logistics operations serving millions of daily transactions; cross-functional Scrum team of 7, on-call rotation, incident management and post-mortems.
    • Develop Python (FastAPI) and Go services; contribute to React-based internal tooling; own full production lifecycle on containerised multi-cloud infrastructure (Docker, AWS/GCP via MELI’s internal Fury platform).
    • Integrate Claude and OpenAI APIs into production workflows as autonomous decision-support agents for logistics capacity planning; mentor team members on AI integration patterns and backend best practices.
    • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions) with automated testing, observability (structured logging, metrics, alerting) and progressive rollout strategies.
    • Design ETL pipelines (Python/Pandas/Polars on BigQuery) feeding demand forecasting and capacity planning simulators used by commercial and operations teams for high-volume, data-driven decision-support.
  • Senior Full Stack / Platform Engineer

    Buscaônibus / DeÔnibus / Travelier (travel, meta-search)

    April 2021 — August 2025

    • Primary owner of a high-traffic travel search and ticketing platform processing millions of passenger queries: design, development, maintenance and on-call support.
    • Operated and monetised passenger demand and pricing data pipelines — aggregating real-time availability, route coverage and fare data across hundreds of bus operators to power commercial analytics and revenue optimisation.
    • Led full platform modernisation: Python 2.7/App Engine to Python 3.12/FastAPI/CloudRun (Docker), cutting average API latency by 25% and GCP infrastructure cost by 40%; directly improved search response quality and conversion.
    • Designed and shipped a route intelligence and demand analytics layer (BigQuery + Looker Studio) used by business stakeholders to evaluate route performance, passenger volume trends and pricing opportunities.
    • Built Gemini-based AI agents for internal operations and demand-signal processing via reusable backend APIs.
    • Mentored junior engineers on Python best practices, API design and cloud-native deployment.
  • Software Engineer – Integrations & CI/CD

    Portobello Group (retail, ERP, CRM, data)

    December 2019 — April 2021

    • Built Python/Django backend integrations between Salesforce, on-prem ERPs and downstream microservices; designed data pipelines for the commercial analytics stack.
    • Operated Kubernetes CI/CD pipelines (Rancher + Jenkins) with Docker; maintained MSSQL Server (job scheduling, data pipeline architecture).
    • Led technical design and stakeholder support for company-wide Salesforce rollout; developed a full financial simulator embedded in Salesforce with a Python backend.
  • Software Developer – Automation & Cloud

    Stormtech (consumer loans, regulated)

    August 2018 — November 2019

    • Developed Python automations and data pipeline integrations with a PHP monolith in a regulated financial environment.
    • Built and operated an AWS-native platform (EC2, Lambda, Step Functions, DynamoDB, RDS-MySQL, Route53); tracked and resolved production incidents in a fast-paced support context.
  • Software Developer – IoT & Automation

    ReciclaComigo (ESG, waste management startup)

    July 2016 — February 2018

    • Designed, prototyped and developed a Reverse Vending Machine using MQTT, AWS IoT Core, Raspberry Pi, Arduino, Computer Vision (OpenCV) and Python.
    • Connected to an AWS architecture (EC2, Lambda, RDS-MySQL) to manage machine operations and collect data from users and collectors.
    • Innovation, Lean Startup, Design Thinking, UX, user research, business model generation, MVP, pitching and acceleration programs.
  • Research & Development

    UDESC: Colmeia & LabP2D (research)

    March 2012 — March 2017

    • Developed energy monitoring solutions for data centers (GreenHop project).
    • Created algorithms for virtual machine consolidation (CHAVE project).
    • Published 13 peer-reviewed research papers in international conferences.
03 — Toolbox

Skills

AI / LLM Engineering

ClaudeOpenAIGeminiCrewAIMCPpgvectorRAGMLOps

Back-end & APIs

PythonFastAPIGoNode.jsRESTgRPCDjango / Flask

Front-end

ReactReact NativeTypeScriptNext.jsHTML5 / CSS3

Databases & Storage

PostgreSQLMySQLRedisBigQueryCloud SpannerDynamoDB

Cloud & Infrastructure

GCPAWSDockerKubernetesCloudflareTerraform

CI/CD & Observability

GitHub ActionsGitLab CI/CDJenkinsCloud LoggingCloudWatch

Data & Analytics

PandasPolarsLooker StudioETL

Customer-Facing

Pre-sales ScopingSolution DesignPilot ManagementTechnical Support
04 — Credentials

Languages & certifications

Languages

  • Portuguese Native
  • English Proficient
  • French Basic
  • Spanish Basic

Certifications

AWS Technical Essentials

Amazon Web Services

São Paulo, SP — 2017

Salesforce Platform Developer I

Salesforce Bootcamp

2021

05 — Academic

Education

Master’s Degree in Applied Computing

Santa Catarina State University (UDESC)

2016 — 2018

Focus: cloud computing, virtualisation and energy efficiency.

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science

Santa Catarina State University (UDESC)

2011 — 2016

Focus: software engineering and system development.

06 — Teaching

Teaching & research projects

UDESC, 2013–2016 · volunteer

  • Programming with Open Source Hardware — Arduino in C++

    UDESC — Colmeia & LabP2D

    2013 – 2016

    • Taught introductory and advanced Arduino programming in C++ to undergraduate students.
    • Covered embedded systems concepts, sensor integration, and hardware automation.
    • Applied in research projects such as GreenHop (data center environmental monitoring).
  • Version Control with Git

    UDESC — Colmeia & LabP2D

    2013 – 2016

    • Taught Git fundamentals and collaborative workflows to research lab members.
    • Topics included branching strategies, pull requests, and open source contribution practices.
  • Scientific Document Preparation with LaTeX

    UDESC — Colmeia & LabP2D

    2013 – 2016

    • Instructed students on LaTeX typesetting for academic papers, theses, and conference submissions.
    • Covered BibTeX references, mathematical notation, and IEEE/ACM formatting templates.
07 — Research

All publications

Google Scholar

Conference papers 13
  • Automação climática em sala de servidores utilizando hardware livre

    Climate automation in a server room using open hardware

    ERAD-RS2015

  • Monitoramento Ambiental Open Source para Data Center

    Open source environmental monitoring for data centers

    ERAD-RJ2015

  • Sensoriamento em sala de servidores baseado em software e hardware livres

    Server-room sensing based on free software and open hardware

    SIC UDESC2015

  • Automação climática em sala de servidores utilizando hardware livre

    Climate automation in a server room using open hardware

    Latinoware2015

  • Sensoriamento climático em sala de servidores utilizando soluções de software e hardware livre

    Climate sensing in a server room using free software and open hardware

    COTB2015

  • GreenHop: Open source PUE continuous monitoring for small and medium data centers

    IEEE-CLEI2016

  • Automação climática em sala de servidores utilizando hardware livre

    Climate automation in a server room using open hardware

    ERAD-RS2016

  • GreenHop: Environmental and power monitoring small size data centers

    CRICTE2016

  • GreenHop: Open source environmental monitoring for small and medium data centers

    IEEE-SCCC2016

  • Sensoriamento em sala de servidores baseado em software e hardware livres

    Server-room sensing based on free software and open hardware

    SIC UDESC2016

  • Sensoriamento e automação climática em sala de servidores utilizando software e hardware livre

    Climate sensing and automation in a server room using free software and open hardware

    UDESC dissertation2016

  • Uma Proposta de Orquestração de Nuvem Computacional Baseada em Consolidação, Elasticidade e Disponibilidade

    A cloud orchestration proposal based on consolidation, elasticity and availability

    ERAD-RS2017

  • MeHarCEn: A Method of Harmonizing Energy Consumption in Data Centers

    RITA2017

Research papers 8
  • Análise envoltória de dados para eficiência energética e termal em processadores de alto desempenho

    Data envelopment analysis for energy and thermal efficiency in high-performance processors

    GS2016

  • Internet of Things: Survey About Management Solutions

    OGRC2016

  • Problema Bin Packing com Abordagem Heurística First Fit Decreasing

    The bin packing problem with a first fit decreasing heuristic

    PAA2016

  • Análise da consolidação de máquinas virtuais nos equipamentos de rede

    Analysis of virtual machine consolidation on network equipment

    SDA2016

  • Consolidação de máquinas virtuais com alta disponibilidade: uma revisão bibliográfica sistemática

    Virtual machine consolidation with high availability: a systematic literature review

    MEP2017

  • Uma ferramenta para análise do impacto da migração de máquinas virtuais

    A tool for analysing the impact of virtual machine migration

    REC2017

  • CHAVE: Consolidation with High Availability on Virtualized Environments

    DEP2017

  • Presentation — CHAVE: Consolidation with High Availability on Virtualized Environments

    DEP2017

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