I seek hands-on roles building reliable, high-performance backends, distributed systems or system applications at companies valuing excellence, and collaboration.
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Diego Braga
@diegobraga
Senior software engineer specializing in distributed systems, high-performance backends, and cross-platform agents.
BrazilWhat I'm looking for
Senior Software Engineer with 10+ years of experience in distributed systems, systems programming, cloud engineering, and high-performance backend development. Hands-on expertise in C++, Rust, Python, concurrency, multithreading, and building reliable cross-platform agents for Linux, macOS, and Windows.
I bring a strong background in complex systems ranging from aircraft simulation software to disaster recovery and backup platforms, along with experience in fault-tolerant architectures, observability, and performance engineering. I’ve collaborated with global teams across enterprise companies and startups to deliver resilient, scalable, mission-critical solutions.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
AX
Senior Software Engineer
Axcient
Jun 2022 - Sep 2025 (3 years 3 months)
Developed cross-platform backup and disaster recovery products and agents, using C++, Rust, and Python. Reducing cloud recovery times ~75% via a local backup cache and lowering unhealthy backups by up to 85% through reliability initiatives.
MIContributed to Azure SQL global deployment infrastructure and built health dashboards that improved incident visibility and reduced MTTR by 40%, while reducing deployment failures ~20% via bug fixes and testing improvements.
AX
Software Engineer
Axcient
Apr 2021 - Dec 2021 (8 months)
Owned stability and reliability of core backup and disaster recovery products, conducting root-cause analyses across multiple languages and reducing related support workload by 20%.
ESDeveloped high-fidelity flight simulator and mission planning software, replacing third-party tools and reducing product cost by 20% while leading integration across multiple teams for on-time delivery.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
UPUniversidade de São Paulo
Master of Science, Computer Science
2020 - 2022
Grade: A
Activities and societies: Project: Assessing the Use of Performance Data Clustering to Support Software Testing in the Machine Learning Domain
Completed a Master of Science in Computer Science at Universidade de São Paulo, focusing on advanced computer science topics and research.
USUniversidade de São Caetano do Sul
Specialization, Software Engineering
2016 - 2017
Grade: A
Activities and societies: Specialization on Software Engineering
Completed a Specialization in Software Engineering at Universidade Municipal de São Caetano do Sul, covering advanced engineering topics.
UPUniversidade do Vale do Paraíba
Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Engineering
2010 - 2014
Grade: B
Activities and societies: • Developed an electronic device for Repetition Therapy with Hemiparesis Patients, using Arduino and C#; • Developed an Android application to display and analyze the Flight Data of an UAV.
Earned a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering from Universidade do Vale do Paraíba with coursework in software and systems engineering.
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C++RustPythonGolangJavaJavaScriptFlaskProtobuf GRPCAWSAzureDockerJenkinsCI CDArtifactoryNginxPostgreSQLSQL ServerMongoDBRedisSQLiteLinuxWindowsMacOSGitOpenSSLAgile ScrumKanbanTDDMicroservicesConcurrencyMultithreadingObservabilityPerformance EngineeringApache ThriftCMakeGitHubGmailJiraMatlabPlaneProtobufRoot CauseSQLValegRPC
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