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Lucas Machado

@lucasemachado

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PhD-level Staff Software Engineer

Brazil

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What I'm looking for

I seek senior engineering roles where I can architect scalable systems, mentor teams, and drive product impact in fast-growing companies

I am a PhD-level software architect and staff engineer with experience building high-scale AI and media infrastructure, blending deep technical research with product and business leadership.

As a former 2x CTO and engineering leader, I have architected GenAI pipelines and operational platforms that reduced localization costs by 50% and scaled content globally, while delivering hands-on implementations in Python, AWS, C#, Go and Unity.

I thrive driving technical excellence in high-growth teams, mentoring engineers, defining architecture for ML-driven systems, and turning research into production impact across games, media and product platforms.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Chief Technical Officer

Prota Games

Dec 2021 - Jan 2026 (4 years 1 month)

• AI Pipeline: Built Python/AWS GenAI tools for video/dubbing; cut localization costs by 50%. • Ops Platform: Architected the studio’s backbone for real-time P&L and automated logistics. • Games & Apps: Led Unity/Roblox tech (C#, Luau), architecting core gameplay and high-performance multi-platform apps across the studio’s entire software product line.

Python Go AWS

Engineering Manager

Wildlife Studios

Aug 2021 - Dec 2021 (4 months)

Led a cross-functional squad of engineers and data scientists to optimize player LTV using machine learning, improving monetization strategies and product impact.

Team Leadership Go Backend Services Scalability Mentoring Architecture CI CD

Senior Software Engineer

Wildlife Studios

Jun 2019 - Aug 2021 (2 years 2 months)

Founded the Machine Learning Platform team and built Go-based infrastructure enabling data scientists to deploy and monitor models in production, delivering real-time ML-driven features to millions of users.

Go Backend Engineering Monitoring Real Time Systems Scalability Technical Writing

Head of Technology

Beblue

Jun 2017 - Sep 2018 (1 year 3 months)

Modernized the technology organization with OKRs and product roles, optimized hiring, and led development of the Java PDV platform and backoffice tools to support retail expansion.

Technical Leadership Java PDV Systems Hiring OKRs Back Office Process Improvement Scrum

IT Specialist & Manager

Ingresso Rápido

Jan 2017 - Apr 2017 (3 months)

Developed a microservice for permissions using LDAP and organized the development team with Scrum and Jira, automating processes to improve delivery.

Microservices LDAP Scrum Jira Backend Development Automation Permissions

IT Specialist

TruckPad

Sep 2016 - Jan 2017 (4 months)

Developed multiple features for the TruckPad Android app and contributed to product direction as Head of Product for a subsequent release.

Android Mobile Development Agile Java Kotlin UX collaboration

Innovation Manager

Movile

Mar 2016 - Jun 2016 (3 months)

Led an internal innovation cell acting as a startup CEO to deliver a chatbot in Node.js, achieving early Brazilian approval on Facebook Messenger.

Node.Js Chatbot Innovation Management Product Development NodeJS

IT BR Manager

Movile

Apr 2015 - Mar 2016 (11 months)

Led a 40-engineer team delivering mobile and SMS products for carriers using iOS, Android, Xamarin, Java and Spring, improving delivery of messaging and payment solutions.

Team Leadership iOS Android Xamarin Java Spring Mobile Services

Co-Founder & CTO

Mobjoy

May 2011 - Jan 2015 (3 years 8 months)

Built the engineering organization, hiring process and CI/CD practices; optimized Node.js backends (up to 10x) and developed game clients, plugins and APIs across mobile platforms.

Startup CTO Node.Js Performance Optimization Android iOS CI CD Scrum NodeJS