Phelipe C.

Phelipe C.

Senior Backend Developer

Germany
Trusted member since 2026
10 years of experience

He specializes in backend development with Ruby on Rails and Go, complemented by extensive expertise in cloud-native architectures using AWS, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, Redis, and modern DevOps practices.

Throughout his career, Phelipe has led initiatives that improved system reliability, optimized cloud infrastructure, reduced operational costs, and increased business performance through higher conversion rates and more resilient platforms. He has extensive experience building and maintaining scalable distributed systems, implementing observability solutions with Datadog and the ELK Stack, and ensuring production environments remain reliable, secure, and highly available.

In addition to his technical expertise, Phelipe is an effective cross-functional collaborator who works closely with product managers, designers, and engineering teams to translate business objectives into scalable technical solutions. His combination of strong software engineering skills, cloud infrastructure knowledge, and business-oriented mindset enables him to deliver robust systems that support long-term product growth.

Main expertise

Ruby on RailsRuby on Rails10 years
RubyRuby10 years
GolangGolang3 years
DockerDocker10 years
11+

Experience6

Mercedes-Benz.io

Senior Software Engineer

Mercedes-Benz.io
Automotive
Dec 2023 · 2y 10m

Mercedes-Benz.io is a specialized digital subsidiary of Mercedes-Benz, dedicated to developing high-end e-commerce platforms, digital sales tools, and connected after-sales experiences for the global automotive market.

  • Increased user conversion rates by 19% through strategic backend refactoring and API enhancements aligned with improved user experience requirements.
  • Spearheaded the delivery of SEPA and biometric payment authentication systems, directly contributing to a 14% increase in platform revenue.
  • Engineered a streamlined payment architecture that optimized transaction processing and reduced the average time to conversion by approximately 30%.
  • Led the enterprise-wide migration to Kubernetes, reducing operational costs by 22% while significantly improving deployment safety and platform stability.
  • Introduced a targeted monitoring and alerting framework that reduced Mean Time to Detection (MTTD) from several days to just minutes.
  • Served as a key technical contributor in developing scalable e-commerce workflows, ensuring seamless integration between digital services and physical automotive retail operations.
JavaScriptJavaScript
DockerDocker
PostgreSQLPostgreSQL
Ruby on RailsRuby on Rails
AWSAWS
7+
Finlex

Senior Backend Engineer & Tech Lead

Finlex
InsurTech
Oct 2020 - Dec 2023 · 3y 2m

Finlex is a leading German InsurTech platform specializing in digital insurance solutions for complex corporate risks, providing an automated ecosystem for brokers and insurers to manage financial lines and cyber insurance.

  • Led a high-performing cross-functional team and mentored four backend engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and establishing rigorous code review standards.
  • Engineered and delivered a flexible authorization model that streamlined system permissions and reduced internal processing time by approximately 50%.
  • Strengthened platform security and reliability by implementing standards-based authentication protocols and developing comprehensive monitoring dashboards using Datadog and the ELK Stack.
  • Accelerated team velocity and delivery by facilitating technical design sessions, leading structured knowledge-sharing initiatives, and promoting collaborative pair programming.
  • Improved system visibility and reduced Mean Time to Detection (MTTD) by architecting advanced alerting mechanisms and observability workflows.
PostgreSQLPostgreSQL
Ruby on RailsRuby on Rails
AWSAWS
RedisRedis
GolangGolang
5+
M4U

Senior Fullstack Engineer

M4U
Telecommunications
Oct 2018 - Oct 2020 · 2y

M4U is a leading Brazilian payments platform specializing in high-volume telecom transactions, providing robust digital top-up and billing solutions for major mobile operators.

  • Optimized the core solution architecture to streamline the payment journey, reducing the average time to conversion by 25%.
  • Spearheaded the adoption of a DevOps culture within the engineering organization, significantly increasing product maturity and accelerating the delivery of client-requested features.
  • Engineered automated troubleshooting workflows and custom Kibana dashboards, reducing Mean Time to Detection (MTTD) from several hours to just minutes.
  • Improved system reliability and performance by implementing modern observability practices and optimizing backend services and business logic.
MySQLMySQL
JavaScriptJavaScript
React.jsReact.js
DockerDocker
Ruby on RailsRuby on Rails
5+
Totvs

Platform Engineer

Totvs
Information Technology (IT) and Services
Oct 2017 - Oct 2018 · 1y

TOTVS is the largest technology company in Brazil and a Latin American leader in the development of core business solutions, specializing in ERP systems, management platforms, and integrated financial services.

  • Engineered a strategic migration solution for transitioning on-premises products to SaaS, reducing environment provisioning time from several days to under five minutes.
  • Architected and deployed a resilient microservices architecture using Terraform, Ansible, and Kubernetes, significantly improving system reliability and self-healing capabilities.
  • Developed a custom Terraform provider from scratch to enable Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for specialized OpenShift-based cloud environments.
  • Designed and implemented a serverless architecture to handle asynchronous product workflows, optimizing resource utilization and improving system responsiveness.
  • Automated complex deployment workflows to ensure consistency across hybrid cloud environments and reduce manual operational overhead.
JavaScriptJavaScript
React.jsReact.js
DockerDocker
PostgreSQLPostgreSQL
Ruby on RailsRuby on Rails
15+
Sollis Health

Software Engineer & Tech Lead

Sollis Health
Healthcare IT
Jan 2017 - Oct 2017 · 9m

SOLLIS is a healthcare technology company focused on corporate health management, providing integrated digital solutions to optimize patient care and administrative efficiency.

• Designed and maintained a robust system architecture fully compliant with HIPAA regulations, ensuring the highest standards of data privacy and security for sensitive medical records.

• Developed an innovative "prescription-to-structured-data" solution utilizing AI to scan and digitize handwritten prescriptions from both private and public hospitals.

• Engineered a self-diagnosis application featuring an integrated AI-driven chatbot to assist users with preliminary symptom assessment and medical guidance.

• Implemented complex data processing pipelines to transform unstructured clinical notes into actionable digital insights for healthcare providers.

• Collaborated with medical stakeholders to ensure technical solutions met clinical requirements while maintaining high system availability and performance.

JavaScriptJavaScript
DockerDocker
PostgreSQLPostgreSQL
Ruby on RailsRuby on Rails
AWSAWS
7+
TruckPad

Fullstack Engineer

TruckPad
Transportation and Logistics
Jun 2015 - Dec 2016 · 1y 6m

TruckPad is a leading Brazilian logtech that operates a digital freight marketplace, leveraging data to connect independent truck drivers directly with carriers and shippers to optimize transport logistics.

• Optimized freight search and matching algorithms using historical user data, resulting in a 28% increase in successful matches between drivers and cargo.

• Developed and integrated a secure payment system from the ground up to support the company’s high-growth stage and facilitate financial transactions within the marketplace.

• Automated infrastructure deployment using configuration management tools and AWS, enabling the engineering team to adopt a full continuous delivery (CD) pipeline.

• Scaled back-end services to handle high volumes of real-time geographic data and freight postings, ensuring platform stability during peak traffic.

• Collaborated with product teams to refine the driver experience, focusing on reducing friction in the booking and payment workflows.

JavaScriptJavaScript
DockerDocker
Ruby on RailsRuby on Rails
AWSAWS
ElasticSearchElasticSearch
4+

Engineering excellence

All Senior Backend Developers who have applied to Proxify are scored from 0 to 300 on engineering excellence, one of the five parameters we evaluate. This score reflects engineering excellence only, based on interviews, take-home assignments, live coding sessions, and/or on-the-job performance reviews. The curve shows how all evaluated Senior Backend Developers are distributed across that range, where our acceptance threshold for this parameter sits, and where Phelipe stands.

050100150200250300Engineering excellence scoreShare of engineersmedianmeanProxifyacceptancethreshold
Phelipe
Score 192 · Top 9% of engineers

Education

IBMEC
IBMEC
Software Engineer2011 - 2016

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