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Gilberto Lobo

@gilbertolobo

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Senior backend engineer specializing in high-throughput observability and scalable Go systems.

Brazil

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What I'm looking for

I seek roles building scalable observability or backend platforms, focused on reliability, cost optimization, mentoring, and measurable system improvement.

I am a senior backend engineer with strong expertise in Golang, distributed systems, observability, and cloud platforms. I design and build high-throughput, low-latency observability platforms and microservices that improve developer productivity and reduce operational costs.

At Mercado Livre I architected an OpenTelemetry-based observability platform handling hundreds of millions of events per minute, optimized Kafka and processing pipelines to significantly cut infrastructure costs, and developed cross-language tooling adopted by thousands of developers. Previously I built high-impact backend services in fintech and marketplace environments, led migrations, and implemented resilient patterns like SAGA across microservices.

I am pragmatic about clean code, maintainability, and automation, and I mentor engineers to raise team capability. I look for opportunities to solve large-scale systems problems, improve observability, and deliver measurable cost and reliability gains.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Platform Software Engineer

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Mercado Livre

Jun 2024 - Present (2 years 2 months)

Designed and developed a scalable observability platform using OpenTelemetry, Kafka-based processing, and ClickHouse to support up to 220M events/min and reduced processing instances from 40 to 10, driving significant cost and reliability improvements.

Go Java OpenTelemetry Kafka Clickhouse Distributed Systems Observability Microservices

Software Engineer

Mercado Livre

Mar 2023 - Jun 2024 (1 year 3 months)

Maintained and migrated high-throughput backend systems in the financial domain, implemented Go microservices with hexagonal architecture, and led cross-team requirements and rollout planning for compliance and reliability.

Go Microservices Cloud Computing APIs Financial Systems Documentation

Software Engineer

Stone

May 2021 - Mar 2023 (1 year 10 months)

Built a Go service to ingest transactions from GCP Pub/Sub into MongoDB reducing visibility time from hours to seconds, upgraded reverse proxy security and implemented SAGA patterns to improve reliability and decoupling.

Go MongoDB API Design Saga Lua Reverse Proxy Microservices

Software Engineer

StayApp

Dec 2019 - Apr 2021 (1 year 4 months)

Migrated database from Firebase Realtime to Firestore to optimize queries and costs, developed a full-stack marketplace using Angular and Node.js, and built merchant admin tools and an Electron desktop printer integration.

Angular Node Firestore Firebase Electron Full Stack API Integration Frontend

Software Engineer

iRancho

Apr 2019 - Dec 2019 (8 months)

Maintained and enhanced full-stack platform using Vue.js and Node.js, developed cattle herd reporting and inventory features, and created a permissions system and an Android Bluetooth integration for weight measurement.

Vue.Js Node Full Stack Developer Reporting API Integration Android Bluetooth Permissions

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Instituto Federal de Goiás (IFG)

Bachelor of Information Systems, Information Systems

2016 - 2020

Grade: 7.85/10.00

Activities and societies: Thesis on observability for cloud infrastructures; published papers on infrastructure selection and cloud service brokering.

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems with a thesis proposing a service for observability of cloud-based infrastructures and coursework in systems programming, data structures, AI, and probability.