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Alexandre (Manhaes) Savio

Cloud Engineer

Alexandre Savio
Munich, Germany

Experience

Mar 2024 - Present
2 years
Switzerland
Remote

Cloud Engineer

Dectris AG

  • Build a scalable multi-region backend service in AWS to serve remote desktop virtual machines for scientific analysis
  • Stack: AWS, GitHub, Terraform, Python, Rust
  • Built and defined the core infrastructure of the backend system
  • Defined and coded the virtual machines provisioning supporting Ubuntu and Rocky Linux desktop setups
  • Programmed the API service running in ECS to manage virtual machines and build custom Docker images for users
Nov 2023 - Feb 2024
4 months
Mannheim, Germany

Cloud Architect

Königsweg GmbH

  • Build the cloud infrastructure for a data extraction, processing, and machine learning training and inference backend
  • Stack: Azure, Azure DevOps, Terraform
Feb 2023 - Feb 2024
1 year 1 month
Germany

MLOps and Cloud Engineer

Bayer AG

  • Run and improve the MLOps services and support AI scientists and application developers with AI systems
  • Stack: AWS, GitLab, Terraform, Serverless, Python
  • Increased test coverage of the AI model inferencing pipeline from 60% to 85%
  • Made the pipeline more efficient by adding a model results cache using DynamoDB
  • Migrated the inference pipeline to a Step Function to improve observability
  • Wrote load tests to analyze issues and average inferencing round-trip time
  • Migrated 60 out of 100 repositories from GitLab to GitHub including complex CI/CD pipelines via an Ansible automation, reducing migration time by half
Nov 2022 - Jan 2023
3 months
Munich, Germany

Senior Data Engineer

KONUX GmbH

  • Build a real-time data pipeline based on PySpark to process UK Railways network data to create a digital twin
  • Stack: AWS, Bitbucket, PySpark, Glue
  • Implemented transformation of raw incomplete UK Railways data into a sensible time series and connected it with the rest of the pipeline
  • Increased test coverage of the whole pipeline from 30% to 80%
  • Supported other team members with PySpark
Jan 2022 - Present
4 years 2 months
Munich, Germany

CTO

ZeroBang OÜ

  • Develop a web application to help small and mid-size companies automate their account receivables and payables
  • In charge of cloud infrastructure and backend
  • Implemented a fully automated CI/CD pipeline to deploy the application on Cloudflare, AWS, and GCP using Pulumi
  • Wrote automated UI end-to-end tests based on Cucumber, TypeScript, and Playwright, increasing release confidence
Nov 2021 - Jun 2022
8 months
Munich, Germany

Senior Data Solution Architect

Klarna

  • Build an alerting tool for failures in customer integrations of the Klarna payment service, sending alerts to Slack via a statistical model running on Rockset
  • Stack: AWS, AWS CDK, Bitbucket, Jenkins, Python, Kafka, Rockset
  • Implemented the asynchronous backend running queries against Rockset to detect anomalies and send alerts
  • Delivered a working system in less than four months
  • Two alerts saved a large customer an estimated more than €1 million in one day
Sep 2021 - Dec 2021
4 months
Munich, Germany

Senior Data Engineer

Personio

  • Build serverless data pipelines in the cloud to aggregate data from different third-party providers for business reporting
  • Stack: AWS, GitLab, Python, Lambda, Glue, Athena
  • Migrated many manually deployed Lambdas into Terraform and added automated tests
May 2021 - Aug 2021
4 months
Munich, Germany

Senior Data Solution Architect

CARIAD

  • Develop a global solution to ingest, manage, and serve points of interest for car chargers
  • Stack: AWS, Airflow, Python, microservices
  • Improved code quality of data extraction pipelines and added new features
  • Refactored large parts of the system to increase reliability and testability, raising test coverage by more than 20%
Nov 2019 - May 2021
1 year 7 months
Munich, Germany

Cloud Applications/Data Engineering Team Lead

Nordcloud GmbH

  • Manage project staffing, team management, personal development processes, and knowledge sharing
  • Lead pre-sales and wrote cloud solution project proposals
  • Implement REST API in Go, Elasticsearch data ETL for reporting and analytics, and cloud infrastructure with AWS CDK
Nov 2018 - Nov 2019
1 year 1 month
Munich, Germany

Cloud Applications Developer

Nordcloud GmbH

  • Technical lead for Continental project: built a data ingestion system for factory production data in Python based on AWS Step Functions
  • Ingested data into AWS Redshift and S3 and handled XML data using XSLT
  • Developed an internal product for automation of image hardening for EC2 and ECS
Nov 2017 - Nov 2018
1 year 1 month
Munich, Germany

Engineer, Software Defined Inverter

Siemens Corporate Technology

  • Develop RESTful API with test-driven development for an IoT project
  • Build IoT tooling for production and cloud infrastructure in AWS using Python and Terraform
  • Increased test coverage of the core API to 90%
  • Reduced deployment time from five hours of manual work to fully automated 45 minutes
Apr 2017 - Nov 2017
8 months
Munich, Germany

IT Architect

MaibornWolff GmbH

  • BMW Log-Analyzer: provision six large clusters in three regions using Ansible, Python, Kafka, ELK stack; implemented cluster setup and monitoring scripts
  • BMW Augmented Reality Tracking: led C++ development for robotic arm control system, sensor mathematics, software testing setup, and target provisioning via Ansible

Summary

I hold a PhD in Information Engineering and I have more than 15 years of experience implementing solutions mainly in Python, C++, and Java. I developed machine learning and data processing pipelines for medical imaging. Now I am a freelancer, team lead, and cloud solutions engineer helping companies migrate and develop data solutions in different cloud providers. I am also very active in the Python community and a Software Carpentry instructor.

Skills

System Tools

  • Git
  • Docker
  • Kafka
  • Ansible

Cloud

  • Aws
  • Gcp
  • Aws Cdk
  • Terraform
  • Serverless
  • Pulumi

Programming

  • Python
  • C++
  • Java
  • Bash
  • Rust

Languages

Spanish
Native
Portuguese
Native
English
Advanced
German
Intermediate

Education

Oct 2008 - Jun 2013

University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)

PhD in Information Engineering, Computational Intelligence Group (GIC) · Information Engineering · Spain

Oct 2000 - Jun 2006

University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)

BSc and MSc in Information Engineering · Information Engineering · Spain

Certifications & licenses

AWS Cloud Developer Associate

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Where is Alexandre based?

Alexandre is based in Munich, Germany and can operate in on-site, hybrid, and remote work models.

What languages does Alexandre speak?

Alexandre speaks the following languages: Spanish (Native), Portuguese (Native), English (Advanced), German (Intermediate).

How many years of experience does Alexandre have?

Alexandre has at least 8 years of experience. During this time, Alexandre has worked in at least 10 different roles and for 11 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 8 months. Note that Alexandre may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

What roles would Alexandre be best suited for?

Based on recent experience, Alexandre would be well-suited for roles such as: Cloud Engineer, Cloud Architect, MLOps and Cloud Engineer.

What is Alexandre's latest experience?

Alexandre's most recent position is Cloud Engineer at Dectris AG.

What companies has Alexandre worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Alexandre has worked for Dectris AG, Königsweg GmbH, Bayer AG, KONUX GmbH, and ZeroBang OÜ.

Which industries is Alexandre most experienced in?

Alexandre is most experienced in industries like Information Technology (IT), Manufacturing, and Automotive. Alexandre also has some experience in Pharmaceutical, Energy, and Banking and Finance.

Which business areas is Alexandre most experienced in?

Alexandre is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology (IT), Product Development, and Accounting. Alexandre also has some experience in Business Intelligence, Project Management, and Sales.

Which industries has Alexandre worked in recently?

Alexandre has recently worked in industries like Information Technology (IT), Manufacturing, and Pharmaceutical.

Which business areas has Alexandre worked in recently?

Alexandre has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology (IT), Accounting, and Product Development.

What is Alexandre's education?

Alexandre holds a Doctorate in Information Engineering from University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) and a Master in Information Engineering from University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU).

Does Alexandre have any certificates?

Alexandre has 1 certificate: AWS Cloud Developer Associate.

What is the availability of Alexandre?

Alexandre is immediately available full-time for suitable projects.

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