# Fernando Menardi Fernando Menardi is a remote worker on Himalayas, Lead Backend Engineer (Go) & Cloud Infrastructure Architect at margia, based in Brazil. Source: https://himalayas.app/@fernandomenardi ```text Senior Software Engineer specializing in distributed systems, backend engineering, and cloud platforms. ``` | Detail | Value | | --- | --- | | Availability | Looking for a job | | Location | Brazil | | Authorized to work in | Brazil | | Salary expectations | 4k-7k USD | | Job categories | Senior Backend Engineering, DevOps Engineer, Backend Engineer, Full Stack Developer | | Skills | Go, Rust, C C++, Distributed Systems, Kubernetes, Platform Engineering, Cloud Infrastructure, AWS, Azure, GCP, DevOps, GitOps, ArgoCD, Terraform, Event Streaming, Kafka, Data Platform, Data Lake, Data Warehouse, Data Marts, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Tempo, Clickhouse, Langfuse, Observability, ETL, CI CD, Infrastructure as Code, Software Architecture, Reliability Engineering, gRPC, gRPC Bidirectional Streaming, Docker, Nginx, SQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, NoSQL, Redis, Sentry, Elasticsearch, Keycloak, Google Cloud Platform, AKS, GKE, Java, Vitess, PHP, Python, OpenCV, Computer Vision, Google Kubernetes Engine, Durable | | LinkedIn | https://https://www.linkedin.com/in/fernando-menardi/ | ## What I'm looking for ```text I’m looking to build systems that scale—distributed backends and cloud-native platforms. I want to own architecture across event-driven workflows, streaming data, observability, and automated CI/CD, with a focus on reliability, maintainability, and engineering excellence. ``` ## About ```text Senior Software Engineer specializing in distributed systems, backend engineering, and cloud platforms. Over the past 6+ years I've designed and built production systems using Go, Kubernetes, and cloud-native technologies across AWS, Azure, and GCP. My experience spans backend development, platform engineering, DevOps, data platforms, and infrastructure automation. I enjoy solving complex engineering problems, from event-driven architectures and distributed workflows to observability, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, and high-performance data processing. More recently, I've been leading the architecture of cloud-native platforms that combine backend services, streaming data, analytics, and AI infrastructure. My core expertise includes: • Go (Golang) • Distributed Systems • Kubernetes & Platform Engineering • Cloud Infrastructure (AWS, Azure & GCP) • DevOps & GitOps • Event Streaming & Data Platforms • Software Architecture & Reliability Engineering I'm always interested in building systems that scale and connecting with people passionate about distributed systems, cloud-native technologies, and software architecture. ``` ## Experience ### Lead Backend Engineer (Go) & Cloud Infrastructure Architect (current) margia. May 2025 - Present ```text Joined as the first engineer to architect and build the company's cloud-native platform from the ground up, designing both the backend architecture and the engineering platform powering a retail intelligence SaaS focused on pricing optimization, inventory replenishment and category management. Owned the technical architecture across backend, infrastructure and data platforms, selecting and implem ``` Skills: ArgoCD, Grafana, Terraform, GitOps, Data-Marts, Data-Lake, Data-Warehouse, OpenTelemetry, Clickhouse, Langfuse ### Lead Backend Engineer (Go) (current) Margia. May 2025 - Present ```text Joined as the first engineer to architect and build Margia's cloud-native platform, owning backend, infrastructure and data platform architecture for a retail intelligence SaaS. Designed distributed Go services, an event-driven Kubernetes platform with GitOps (Argo CD) and Terraform, and an observability and data platform using OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, Loki and Tempo, enabling automated CI/CD and feature-flagged delivery. ``` Skills: Go, backend-architecture, Cloud-Infrastructure, Workflow-Orchestration, Durable-Execution, Data-ingestion-pipelines, LLM-Agent-Orchestration, Event-Driven-Architecture, Kubernetes, GitOps, ArgoCD, Infrastructure-as-Code, Terraform, Observability, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Tempo, Distributed-Tracing, ETL, Data-Lake, Data-Warehouse, Data-Marts, CI-CD, Feature-Flags, Clickhouse, Langfuse ### Software Developer - Golang Ditio. Apr 2023 - May 2025 ```text Designed and developed high-performance backend services and real-time data pipelines for a GPS-based earthworks platform used by construction companies worldwide. Built Go microservices for telemetry ingestion and processing, implemented gRPC bidirectional streaming for real-time communication, and supported BI analytics through data processing workflows. ``` Skills: Go, Microservices, Real-Time-Data-Pipelines, GPS-Telemetry, data-processing-workflows, BI-and-Analytics, gRPC, Bidirectional-Streaming, Real-Time-Communications, Cloud-Native-Infrastructure, Deployment-Workflows, Reliability-Improvements, ArgoCD, OpenTelemetry, Nginx, DevOps, SQL, Sistemas-Distribuídos, MongoDB, Prometheus, Terraform, Docker, Sentry, NoSQL, Redis, Grafana, Kubernetes ### DevOps Engineer Stamane. Feb 2021 - Apr 2023 ```text Worked as a software developer and DevOps for a hiring platform running in Japan. Owned services in a distributed service-oriented architecture using both synchronous and asynchronous communication and processing. ``` Skills: DevOps, Service-Oriented-Architecture-(SOA), Distributed-Services, Synchronous-Communication, Asynchronous-Communication, Distributed-Processing, PostgreSQL, Nginx, Desenvolvimento-de-software, SQL, Sistemas-Distribuídos, Elasticsearch, Keycloak, Java, NoSQL, Redis, Kubernetes ### Golang Developer Taxpert. Feb 2020 - Apr 2023 ```text Developed software for a tax data processing platform, including microservices development and orchestration and frontend integration. Worked on data processing and analytics using cloud-native technologies, image processing, and machine learning. ``` Skills: Go, Microservices, Orchestration, Frontend-integration, Data-Processing, Analytics, Cloud-Native-Technologies, Image-Processing, Machine-Learning, PostgreSQL, DevOps, Desenvolvimento-de-software, SQL, Sistemas-Distribuídos, Keycloak, Java, Vitess, Kubernetes, PHP ### Computer Vision Research IFSP. Jan 2020 - Nov 2021 ```text Conducted funded computer vision research to build a prototype system for inspecting surface defects in metallic parts. Focused on developing and testing the prototype inspection approach using computer vision. ``` Skills: Computer-Vision, Surface-Defect-Inspection, Prototype-Development, Metallic-Parts-Inspection ### Computer Vision Research Instituto Federal de Educação - IFSP. Jan 2020 - Nov 2021 ```text Conducted a research project to build a prototype for inspecting surface defects in metallic parts using computer vision. The project was funded by a scholarship. ``` Skills: Python, OpenCV, Visão-Computacional ### Computer Vision Research - Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technolog Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de São Paulo - IFS. Jan 2020 - Nov 2021 ```text This scientific research project aimed to build a prototype system for inspection of surface defects in metallic parts using computer vision. The project was funded by a scholarship. ``` Skills: Python, OpenCV, Visão-Computacional ## Education ### Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de São Paulo (IFSP) Bachelor of Engineering, Engineering (Mechatronics, Robotics, Control & Automation). 2018 - 2023 ```text Completed a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Mechatronics, Robotics Engineering and Control and Automation Engineering at IFSP from 2018 to 2023. ``` ### Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de São Paulo - IFSP Bacharelado em Engenharia, Mecatrônica. 2018 - 2023 ### UNISAL - Centro Universitário Salesiano de São Paulo Técnico em Mecatrônica - Incompleto (Falta de estágio), Tecnologia em Engenharia Elétrica e Eletrônica ### Centro Universitário Salesiano de São Paulo Associate/Technologist degree, Electrical and Electronic Engineering. 2015 - Present ```text Completed coursework toward a Technology degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Centro Universitário Salesiano de São Paulo. ``` ### Centro Universitário Salesiano de São Paulo Technical degree, Mechatronics. 2015 - Present ```text Studied for a Technical degree in Mechatronics at Centro Universitário Salesiano de São Paulo and did not complete it due to missing internship requirements. ``` ## Tech stack - Microsoft Azure - Google Cloud Platform - Kubernetes - Argo - Cloudflare - MySQL - PostgreSQL - MongoDB - Sentry - Node.js - Next.js - OpenCV - Redis - Terraform - React - Python - Java - Go - Rust - Loki - Kafka - Grafana - Prometheus - OpenTelemetry - Datadog - gRPC - Elasticsearch - TypeScript - Auth0 - Keycloak - Docker - NGINX - Amazon Web Services (AWS) - Google Kubernetes Engine - Clickhouse - OpenTofu - Langfuse - Vitess - Valkey - WireGuard To contact Fernando, message them from this profile with a Himalayas employer account: [Hire on Himalayas](https://himalayas.app/hire). ## People also viewed - [Mateus Inocencio Maia](https://himalayas.app/@mateusinocenciomaia): Senior Software Engineer, FACEIT - [Ulder Carrilho Júnior](https://himalayas.app/@uldercarrilhojnior): Software Technical Leader, MercadoLibre - [Thales Sathler](https://himalayas.app/@thalessathler): Senior Software Engineer, Ifood - [Alexandre Brito](https://himalayas.app/@alexandrebrito): Senior Software Architect, Poliedro Educação - [Felipe Públio](https://himalayas.app/@felipepblio): Senior Software Developer, Magalu Cloud - [Thales Maciel](https://himalayas.app/@thalesmaciel): Software Engineer, Syniti - [Felipe Renan](https://himalayas.app/@feliperenan1): DevOps Engineer, Universidade Federal do Cariri - [Alessandro Borges Rodrigues](https://himalayas.app/@alessandroborgesrodrigues): Senior Software Engineer, Sigma Software Group (Freewheel) - [Samuel Ishida](https://himalayas.app/@samuelishida): JS Agent, JS Agent - [Luiz Eduardo Pereira Sousa](https://himalayas.app/@luizeduardopereiraso): Monitor Bolsista, Universidade do Estado do Pará (UEPA)