# Lucas Ruas Lucas Ruas is a remote worker on Himalayas, Founder, AI Consultant & AI Developer at nectu tech, based in Brazil. Source: https://himalayas.app/@lucasruas ```text AI engineer and tech lead. I build LLM agents and agent-driven software in TypeScript: spec first, verified output, lean harness. ``` | Detail | Value | | --- | --- | | Availability | Looking for a job | | Location | Brazil | | Authorized to work in | Brazil | | Salary expectations | 50k-100k USD | | Job categories | Artificial Intelligence Developer, Solutions Architect, Product Lead, AI Developer, Product Engineer, Product Owner, AI Solutions Architect | | Skills | NodeJS, LLM, Spec Driven Development, Claude Code, TypeScript, Next.js, React, Python, PostgreSQL, MCP Connectors | | Portfolio | https://github.com/lucrua/sameday-quote-turnaround | | LinkedIn | https://https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucas-ruas-manzatto/ | | GitHub | https://https://github.com/lucrua | ## What I'm looking for ```text I’m looking for a team that ships AI features to real users, as a full-stack or forward-deployed engineer: TypeScript, Next.js and Postgres, LLM agents with evals and guardrails, and close contact with the people who use the product. Open to project-based work or a long-term commitment. ``` ## About ```text Computer engineer (UFRJ) with 7+ years taking AI and software products from idea to production. As sole technical co-founder of an alternative-investment platform, I built it from zero and shipped integrations with 5+ external systems, including an investment bank, under LGPD and banking homologation. Today I run nectu tech, my own AI engineering consultancy, and I am open to project-based work or a long-term commitment with one team. I build LLM agents and agent-driven software spec-first: a written spec, agents implementing against it, and automated verification. I keep the setup lean (few skills, small context, token cost watched) and measure before adding anything. Public work: github.com/lucrua (sameday-quote-turnaround, km, desk-public). ``` ## Experience ### Founder, AI Consultant & AI Developer (current) nectu tech. May 2026 - Present ```text My own AI engineering consultancy, building spec-first with agents and automated verification. Since Sep 2026: AI consultant and developer for a data management company in Brazil (NDA). Jun-Aug 2026: prototypes, product ownership and design for a pre-launch wealth-management product, then handoff. May-Jul 2026: AI developer at Statistica AI, product analytics pipeline. ``` Skills: Privacy-And-Compliance, Claude, LLM-Evaluation, Spec-Driven-Development, GitHub-Actions, Multi-agent-orchestration, Lead-Generation ### Co-founder & Tech Lead Veramount. Dec 2022 - Apr 2026 ```text Architected and built an alternative-investment platform from zero, integrating a Bubble core with a TypeScript AWS integration layer while navigating LGPD and banking homologation. Led a spec-first, agent-assisted rebuild using NestJS, Next.js, Supabase/Postgres, Drizzle, and Zod as the system of record, with Vitest/Playwright testing and AWS microservices including OIDC auth and OpenTelemetry ob ``` Skills: TypeScript, Next.js, NestJS, Supabase, AWS, OIDC, OpenTelemetry, Spec-Driven-Development ### National Ops Leader / Solution Architect [Alef Edge](https://himalayas.app/companies/crunchbase). Jan 2020 - Dec 2022 ```text Led national NOC operations and served as the primary technical interface with the client, delivering 4+ MVPs from specification to production. Designed Huawei network automation scripts (VLAN, VRF, BGP) and managed Linux environments with monitoring and security tooling across OpenStack, VMware, and KVM. ``` Skills: Linux-Administrator, Network-Automation, VLAN, NOC-Operations, Zabbix, Nagios, Nessus, OpenStack, VMWare, KVM ### Operations Support Engineer Altiostar Networks. Jun 2019 - Dec 2019 ```text Provided integration, troubleshooting, and operations support for virtualized 4G/5G RAN deployments. Supported day-to-day operational readiness for virtualized network environments. ``` Skills: System-Monitoring, Integration-Support, Troubleshooting, Network-Operations, LTE-4G-5G-Concepts, Incident-Response, Deployment ### Technology Intern Telefonica. Dec 2017 - May 2019 ```text Supported trials and integrations for IoT, edge, virtualization, and LTE technologies (Huawei/Ericsson). Conducted IP planning and network configuration work including TCP/IP, VLAN, VPN, BGP, and MPLS. ``` Skills: Edge-Computing, Virtualization, LTE, Huawei-Ericsson-Trials, TCP-IP, VLAN, VPN, BGP, MPLS ### Co-founder & Tech Lead Nectu. Jan 2018 - Jan 2019 ```text Co-founded a startup through a TIM/Telecom Italia innovation program, leading product ideation, validation, branding, and technical development. Built and iterated solutions during a bootcamp-style engagement. ``` Skills: Product-Validation, Branding, Technical-Developments, Startup-Bootcamp-Execution, Prototyping, Team-Leadership ### Research Intern COPPE / UFRJ. Jan 2014 - Jan 2016 ```text Developed low-cost Arduino-based monitoring for solar water heating systems. Built supporting database components for research data handling. ``` Skills: Arduino, Solar-Water-Heating-Monitoring, Database-Development ## Education ### Colegio Santo Agostinho, Rio de Janeiro Primary & Secondary Education, General Education Activities and societies: Elected class president in the final three years; Augustinian Student Certificate of Achievement. ```text Completed primary and secondary education at Colegio Santo Agostinho in Rio de Janeiro. Served as class president during the final three years and received an Augustinian Student Certificate of Achievement. ``` ### Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) Bachelor of Science, Computer & Electronics Engineering. 2013 - 2019 Activities and societies: Capstone: smartphone-controlled low-cost lighting system (ATMega/Arduino, ESP8266, Cordova). Relevant courses included Continuous Delivery & DevOps (University of Virginia/Coursera), Kubernetes GKE Foundations (Google Cloud), and Smart Contracts (University at Buffalo/SUNY). ```text B.Sc. in Computer & Electronics Engineering at UFRJ, completed in 2019. Capstone project developed a smartphone-controlled low-cost lighting system using Arduino/ATMega and related components. ``` ## Tech stack - Google Tag Manager - OpenAPI - OpenAPI Specification - Amazon EC2 - Amazon S3 - GitHub - Kubernetes - Cloudflare - AWS CodePipeline - AWS CodeBuild - PostgreSQL - SQLite - AWS CodeDeploy - drawio - DocuSign - Gmail - Node.js - Django - Next.js - NestJS - Google Analytics - Microsoft Teams - Chrome DevTools - React - JavaScript - Python - HTML5 - CSS 3 - Markdown - JSON - AWS Elastic Load Balancing ... - Amplitude - OpenTelemetry - Zabbix - Nagios - OpenStack - Ubuntu - Debian - CentOS - Linux - WhatsApp - Coolify - Microsoft Office 365 - AWS WAF - Cloudflare WAF - Microsoft Excel - Vercel - TypeScript - Visual Studio Code - SendGrid - Docker - Amazon VPC - OpenVPN - Twilio - Google Chrome - KVM - Serverless Chrome - Amazon Web Services (AWS) - Google Kubernetes Engine - Microsoft Visio - Postmark - Supabase - LangChain - Playwright - OpenAI API - Anthropic Claude API - Cursor - Vitest - Vercel AI SDK - Zod - Resend - LangGraph - LangSmith - Apollo.io - Arduino - Claude Code - ChatGPT To contact Lucas, message them from this profile with a Himalayas employer account: [Hire on Himalayas](https://himalayas.app/hire). ## People also viewed - [Matheus Silva](https://himalayas.app/@matheussilva1): Software Engineer, AI Platform & LLMOps, Housecall Pro - [Gustavo Junior](https://himalayas.app/@gustavojunior): Lead Engineer, Supply Pay - [Venancio Silva](https://himalayas.app/@venanciosilva): Product Manager, Huawei - [Silvio Monteiro](https://himalayas.app/@silviomonteiro): AI Engineering Lead, OAUTOVERSO - [Guilherme Lopes](https://himalayas.app/@guilhermemikin): Independent Software Engineer, Freelance Latin America - [Andrey Mudri](https://himalayas.app/@andreymudri): Senior Full Stack Engineer, Own Consulting Company - [Shogo Yonamine Kaihara](https://himalayas.app/@shogoyonaminekaihara): Full Stack Software Engineer, Nacif Software Development - [Pedro Henrique Braga](https://himalayas.app/@pedrohenriquebraga): Coordenador de Desenvolvimento e Sustentalção, Telecall - [Alano Teles](https://himalayas.app/@alanoteles): AI Engineer & Founder, InCreative Labs - [Denimar de Moraes](https://himalayas.app/@denimardemoraes): Creator, Echo Web