Professional Experience & Trajectory
A living record of professional growth
University
The Click
I stumbled into software engineering, as one does. During college, I built a website for my then-boyfriend’s project. He got a 98, I got a career, and eventually, a breakup. Worth it. That weekend something clicked. I was a student who hadn't yet found her direction, and suddenly there it was. From that point on, I threw myself into everything: elective classes, extracurriculars, and event organization. I was figuring it out, but at least now I knew which direction to figure it out in.
Smarti9
Frontend Intern
It started at Smarti9, where I was thrown into the deep end almost immediately. The other front-end developer left right as I arrived, leaving me completely on my own. No handoff, no guidance. I became 100% self-taught out of necessity, and honestly, it set the tone for everything that came after.
JazzSolutions
Contractor
From there, a freelance opportunity came up through JazzSolutions, building an MVP for a logistics company. I delivered it, but the client took too long to decide whether to move forward. By the time they did, I had already signed with someone else, BizCapital.
BizCapital
Software Engineer
At Biz, my first real job, I became the engineer I am today: someone who does whatever needs doing: Front-end, back-end, mobile, all of it. The highlight? I helped build Pix from the ground up. Brazil's ubiquitous instant payment system was just launching, and I was one of the people building it. I'm incredibly proud of that.
Andela
Senior Frontend Engineer
Then Andela knocked on the door, and it felt like a dream. My first international opportunity. I was thriving and promoted, but layoffs started creeping in and I let fear get the better of me. I left, and I'll admit, I regret it. Looking for a fresh start, I landed at LettrLabs.
LettrLabs
Frontend Lead
The product was enchanting: handwritten letters at scale. I was the only front-end engineer, working directly with the co-founder to shape the entire experience. It was intense, a true startup pace, and it taught me a lot about ownership and working under pressure. I left with a clearer sense of what kind of environment brings out my best work.
iFood
AI Software Engineer
Coming out of that, I wanted the opposite: a large, structured company and stability. So I joined iFood as a front-end engineer. Except the project I landed on had no front-end to build. I recognized an opportunity to reinvent myself and pivoted into AI engineering: multi-agent systems, LangChain, MCP servers, and memory management. A whole new world.