About

Valderson Pontes

Software Engineer with experience in developing scalable web applications. I work with a variety of technologies; however, I believe that the true value of software engineering lies in problem-solving, regardless of the tools used. I have contributed to high-impact projects in the public sector as well as open-source initiatives. Currently, I am deepening my skills in data analysis, algorithms, and the fundamentals of machine learning. I believe in continuous learning and in building a background that combines a generalist perspective with strong technical depth.

Interests

Software Engineering

Data Analysis

Algorithms

Machine Learning

Learning & Growth

Cloud Services

Gaming

Musical Instruments

Education

University of Brasília (UnB) — Brasília, DF, Brazil

B.Sc. in Software Engineering Completed 2026

Academic labs & collaborations (as a UnB student)

  • Decision-Making Technologies Laboratory — active learning projects aimed at contributing to the Brazilian public sector
  • Collaboration with Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Marketing & Consumption Research Lab (GPMC) — contributed to the Brazilian version of the Atlas of Opportunity (MIT), supporting local micro-entrepreneurship

Achievements

Bronze Medal — 7th International Convention of Young Mathematicians 2016

Represented Brazil in an international, in-person mathematics competition held in India after achieving a top national ranking. Awarded Bronze in the individual category for outstanding problem-solving performance.

Goiás Sem Fronteiras Exchange Program 2017

Admitted after a competitive selection. Completed English language training and a Global Leadership Program hosted by New Jersey City University (NJCU), USA.

Bronze, Silver, and Gold Medalist — MOBFOG 2015–2017

Consecutive medals in hands-on scientific experimentation in the fields of aerospace mechanics and physics.

Caixa Econômica Federal — National Public Examination 2024

Admitted after a highly competitive national public examination assessing quantitative reasoning, logic, and financial knowledge.

Experience

Caixa — Software Engineer

Oct 2025 – Present

Social banking systems for the Brazilian government

  • Development, maintenance, and migration of social banking systems.
  • Currently allocated to Bolsa Família, serving ~20 million beneficiaries.
  • Main stack: Quarkus, Angular.

Easy Pallet — Software Engineer & Data Analyst

Sep 2023 – Oct 2025
  • Built and refactored systems impacting multiple stages of daily operations across 100+ distribution centers in Brazil.
  • Performed exploration and feasibility assessment for AI-related initiatives.
  • Worked on demand forecasting with ML techniques and a multi-agent palletization system (core company offering).
  • Main stack: Ruby on Rails, Vue.js, Spring Boot, FastAPI.

Extreme Digital Solutions — Software Engineer

Aug 2024 – Mar 2025
  • Participated in multiple projects for DETRAN-DF (Federal District), managing vehicle-related information for ~3 million inhabitants.
  • Focused on understanding complex business rules to safely migrate legacy Java systems to modern versions.
  • Main stack: Spring Boot.

Bento Tecnologia — Software Engineer

Jul 2022 – Jul 2023
  • Worked primarily as a frontend developer across consulting projects, often focused on new market-facing systems.
  • Main stack: React, Express.

Projects

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  • Web-App
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Web App

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Internal Tool

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Frontend Project

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Machine Learning

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Data Analysis

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Open Source

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Skills

Programming languages

Java JavaScript TypeScript Python Ruby C

Frameworks & Libraries

Spring Boot Express.js FastAPI Next.js React Angular Tailwind CSS Material UI Styled Components Recoil Redux RSpec Minitest Faker

Tools

Git GitHub GitLab Bitbucket Docker GitHub Actions ESLint Prettier Webpack Vite npm Yarn CI/CD

Cloud & Deploy

AWS DigitalOcean Vercel Heroku Render

Databases & Data

PostgreSQL MySQL SQL Pandas NumPy Jupyter Notebook Kaggle

Security

JWT Devise Rolify Pundit

API development & testing

RESTful APIs Postman Insomnia Bruno

Project management

Jira Trello Azure DevOps Kanban

IDEs

VSCode IntelliJ

Methodologies

Agile Scrum Clean Architecture TDD BDD

Languages

English — Fluent Portuguese — Native

Contact

Location

Brasília, DF, Brazil

Social Profiles

Email

valdersonpontes@gmail.com

Contact

+55 (61) 9 8106-8277