Felipe Barata

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About Felipe Barata

Senior Software Engineer with strong experience designing and evolving platform-level backend systems, with a focus on identity, authorization, reliability, and performance in distributed environments.Currently working on Platform IAM at VTEX, collaborating on the evolution of authorization and access-control systems that support multiple products at scale. I contribute to architecture improvements, operational readiness, resilience patterns, and performance optimization, often working across multiple services and teams.I have a strong background in cloud-native systems, containerized workloads, and data-driven decision making using latency, reliability, and observability metrics. I am comfortable operating in production-critical environments, including on-call rotations and incident response.Previously, I worked as a Senior Engineer and Tech Lead in highly regulated industries (financial services), which shaped a strong focus on correctness, resilience, and operational excellence.I am particularly interested in problems involving platform architecture, system reliability, performance at scale, and enabling teams through clear technical direction.