José Alfredo Ribeiro Neto Software Engineer
Senior backend and full-stack engineer, 7+ years building for North-American startups — from computer-vision detection systems to LLM pipelines. Mechatronics roots, backend instincts: I ship systems that stay up and stay observable.
Senior Fullstack Engineer
New York, USA · Jan 2022 — Jun 2024
Reducing the complexity of tracking important events, regulations and actors for strategic decisions.
React Python OpenAI Embeddings Node.js Neo4j PostgreSQL Redis Kubernetes React · Python · OpenAI · Embeddings · Node.js · Neo4j · PostgreSQL · Redis · Kubernetes
Senior Backend Engineer
Hugo acquired by Calendly · California, USA · Jan 2021 — Mar 2023
Hugo consolidates a meeting's key features — notes, tasks and 20+ integrations — in one place; the team was acquired by Calendly, where I kept building.
Node.js React TypeScript Yjs AWS CloudFormation Ruby on Rails Node.js · React · TypeScript · Yjs · AWS · CloudFormation · Ruby on Rails
Tech Lead / Fullstack Engineer
FoodCamp · Salvador, Brazil · Jul 2020 — Jul 2024
Startup helping food companies thrive with organization and process control.
Node.js NestJS GraphQL Kubernetes AWS Node.js · NestJS · GraphQL · Kubernetes · AWS
Earlier roles Senior Python Backend Developer · AmbevTech Salvador, Brazil · Aug 2021 — Mar 2022 Software Developer · Aton Engenharias Salvador, Brazil · Feb 2018 — Dec 2020 Fullstack Developer · AlamoWeb Salvador, Brazil · Jan 2021 — May 2021 QA Analyst · BRISA · LG Mobile Salvador, Brazil · Jan 2017 — Aug 2017 Assistant Researcher · University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago, USA · Jul 2016 — Aug 2016 IT Technician · Wyden Area1 Salvador, Brazil · Jun 2011 — Jul 2015 02
Projects Curated from GitHub — grouped by the thread that ties them together.
Vision, AI & robotics Mechatronics is where I started, and perception keeps pulling me back — from computer vision to orchestrating local AI models.
ai-cli Python · Typer · Textual · LLMs · Diffusion
A unified CLI + TUI that orchestrates local image, video, voice, music and LLM models from one command, on a single GPU.
Python Typer Textual LLMs Diffusion Hackathon project: a computer-vision filtering system integrated with a mobile app.
React Native Computer Vision Python Robotics simulation Arduino · Robotics · C/C++
Factory simulation driving servos with Arduino and modeling robotics physics.
Products, shipped Full applications taken from data model to a deployed, usable UI.
powerup Next.js · Express · PostgreSQL · Monorepo
Production-ready multi-tenant monorepo — a Next.js App Router front end and an Express + PostgreSQL API, with shared UI, types and validation packages.
Next.js Express PostgreSQL Monorepo Angular + Firebase dashboard to manage a small condominium — units, residents and finances.
Angular Firebase TypeScript Farol Eleitoral Next.js · shadcn/ui · TypeScript
Data app that turns Brazilian electoral datasets into a browsable, filterable dashboard.
Next.js shadcn/ui TypeScript force-graph-lab React · d3-force · Vite
Interactive force-directed graph explorer built on d3-force for probing relationships and layouts.
Client work Production sites shipped for real businesses through JarnDev — Astro + Tailwind, fast and static.
Lebre Tecnologia Astro · Tailwind CSS
Institutional site for an IT & technology services company.
Oficina do Clóvis Astro · Tailwind CSS
Site for a Salvador auto shop — services, 24h towing and vehicle insurance.
Roble Serviços Astro · Tailwind CSS
Institutional site for a services company.
Backend & tooling Small, sharp services and the plumbing that keeps things running.
flowdeck Node.js · Git · TUI
Multi-repo gitflow visualizer — shows what's already in each stage, with cherry-pick detection by patch-id (not just SHA).
osint-docker Docker · OSINT · Security
Isolated, container-per-tool OSINT environment — each tool runs sandboxed, with no access to the host.
Node.js service that pings endpoints on a schedule and reports downtime.
senseData Docker · React · Flask · Redis
Dockerized full-stack project wiring nginx, a React front end, a Flask API and Redis.
Foundations Where I cut my teeth and still go to keep the fundamentals fresh.
VUTTR MongoDB · Express · React · Node.js Very Useful Tools to Remember — a full MERN-stack app to catalog and search dev tools.
MongoDB Express React Node.js MEAN-stack app for storing market information and locations.
Angular Node.js MongoDB TypeScript C++ games built with SFML while diving into game-development fundamentals.
Backend Python Node.js NestJS FastAPI GraphQL PostgreSQL Redis SQL NoSQL Python · Node.js · NestJS · FastAPI · GraphQL · PostgreSQL · Redis · SQL · NoSQL
Frontend TypeScript JavaScript React React Native Angular Next.js TypeScript · JavaScript · React · React Native · Angular · Next.js
AI / ML LLMs OpenAI Embeddings Computer Vision Deep Learning Neo4j LLMs · OpenAI · Embeddings · Computer Vision · Deep Learning · Neo4j
Cloud / DevOps AWS Kubernetes Docker Netlify Firebase Datadog AWS · Kubernetes · Docker · Netlify · Firebase · Datadog
Robotics & Embedded C / C++ Arduino IoT ROS GAZEBO VREP RVIZ C / C++ · Arduino · IoT · ROS · GAZEBO · VREP · RVIZ B.Sc. in Mechatronics Engineering (suspended)
Wyden Area 1
2011
Exchange — Electrical Engineering (Mechatronics concentration)
Tennessee Tech University
2015 — 2016
CAD 2D · Wyden Area 1 2012 CTFL Foundation · BSTQB 2017 C Programming for Embedded Applications · LinkedIn 2020 Scrum Foundation Professional Certificate · CertiProf 2020 DataScience Acceleration · Codenation 2020 English · Advanced Portuguese · Native Spanish · Basic 