José Ricardo Alves Figueirôa

José Ricardo Alves Figueirôa

Senior Software Engineer

Senior software engineer with solid experience in backend development and strong fullstack capability — including cloud infrastructure and frontend interfaces. Fast learner with excellent technical skills.

Experience

Senior Software Engineer · Jusfy

Oct 2025 — Present
  • Platform squad handling thousands of MAU and DAUs
  • Building and scaling lawtech solutions for legal automation

Node.js · TypeScript · React · Next.js · PostgreSQL · AWS

Backend Developer · Beyond Co.

Jun 2023 — Oct 2025
  • Technical owner of legal automation platform, helping 10x growth in active clients
  • Built and maintained legal automation flows with Node.js, Puppeteer and BullMQ, achieving 2,000+ daily runs
  • Fixed critical failures increasing automation success rate by 10+ percentage points
  • Modernized NodeJS codebase, tripling startup speed and improving developer experience
  • Implemented observability features (metrics and alerts), reducing incident detection and resolution time

Node.js · NestJS · Express · Puppeteer · BullMQ · RabbitMQ · GCP

Fullstack Developer · NavalPort

Oct 2022 — Jun 2023
  • Led development of mooring monitoring system, reducing maneuvering risks and equipment wear
  • Built AIS-based vessel tracking system for real-time port operations and logistics
  • Developed interactive dashboards with D3.js improving security team efficiency
  • Introduced Swagger and AWS SAM, standardizing APIs and implementing Infrastructure as Code

Node.js · NestJS · Angular · PostgreSQL · RabbitMQ · Docker · AWS · Terraform

IoT Engineer · Ausy / Orange

Mar 2022 — Sep 2022
  • Consultant at Orange working on Test as a Service platform for SmartTV end-to-end testing
  • Proposed architectures, data models and network configurations for existing infrastructure
  • Fullstack development with AWS, Angular, Java and Node.js

Angular · Node.js · Java · Spring Boot · Docker · Microservices

Fullstack Developer · NavalPort

Jul 2020 — Jul 2021
  • Developed and deployed software and physical systems for port security and intelligence
  • Built vessel arrival detection using AIS, mooring monitoring, and maneuver planning features

Node.js · Express · Angular · PostgreSQL · AWS Lambda

Fullstack Developer (Internship) · NavalPort

Feb 2019 — Jul 2019
  • Backend and frontend development for port management systems

Node.js · Express · Angular

Projects

CargoSight

Gerdau

B2B SaaS using computer vision to monitor industrial areas and detect operational risks in real time — missing PPE, hazardous zones, suspended load movement.

  • Won 2nd place in University of Pernambuco's innovation program
  • Validated PoC at Gerdau's steel plant, later sold to two ports
  • Integrated IP cameras, CNNs, and IoT layers for automated alerts

Python · Flask · Computer Vision · NestJS · React · MongoDB

Education

Master's in Computer Engineering

Polytech Côte D'Azur

  • Exchange Program
  • Research on Simulation and Testing for Autonomous Vehicles with Inria

Skills

Node.js (5yrs) JavaScript (5yrs) TypeScript (5yrs) Express (4yrs) NestJS (3yrs) RabbitMQ (3yrs) Angular (3yrs) PostgreSQL (2yrs) AWS (2yrs) Puppeteer (2yrs) BullMQ (2yrs) GCP (2yrs) Docker (1yr) Terraform (1yr) Java (1yr) Spring Boot (1yr) AWS Lambda (1yr) Computer Vision Flask Microservices MongoDB Next.js Python React
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Languages

Portuguese (Native) · English (Advanced) · French (Fluent)

Interests

  • Languages and linguistics
  • Theology (Reformed Christian)
  • Jiu Jitsu (Blue Belt), Boxing and Judo
  • Favorite game: Dark Souls
  • Culinary arts