paixao.dev
About

I design the platform, then make sure it runs.

Since I was 12 I've been building and hosting things: Lua game features, roleplay servers, then production .NET systems and Azure platforms. Architecture that ignores operations is just a diagram, so I stay close to CI/CD, observability, and cost.

Experience

2024 → now

Technical Lead · 77 Diamonds

Cloud architecture, DevOps practice, and cost work across the organisation.

  • Designed and optimised the Azure estate, including AKS workloads
  • CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions and ArgoCD
  • Observability with Grafana, Prometheus, and OpenTelemetry
  • Led cloud cost optimisation initiatives
2023 → now

Software Architect & Co-founder · Kickoff Works

Subscription-based software and infrastructure consultancy.

  • Leading development teams to deliver software and infrastructure services
  • Cloud architecture with Terraform on AWS and Azure
  • Observability with Grafana, Prometheus, and Jaeger
  • .NET, Vue.js, TypeScript, and MongoDB delivery
2019 → 2024

Software Engineer · 77 Diamonds

Full-stack across .NET and Vue.js, microservices, and L1 to L3 support.

  • Developed applications from .NET Framework 4.5 to .NET 8
  • Built gRPC microservices for internal communication
  • Vue.js features with TypeScript and Tailwind CSS
  • Maintained SQL Server databases with complex T-SQL

Core competencies

Architecture

Microservices, event-driven systems, software design

Cloud & distributed

Azure, AWS, Kubernetes, high availability

DevOps

CI/CD pipelines, automation, GitHub Actions

Development

Full-stack, APIs, web applications

Security

Network security, data protection, vulnerability management

Agile

JIRA, Kanban, cross-functional collaboration

Stack

Languages & frameworks
C#.NETTypeScriptJavaScriptGoVue.jsNuxtReactTailwind CSS
Cloud & infrastructure
Microsoft AzureAWSKubernetesDockerTerraformArgoCD
Databases
SQL ServerPostgreSQLMongoDBRedis
DevOps & tools
GitHub ActionsGrafanaOpenTelemetryHelmRabbitMQgRPCLiquibaseAnsibleBash
Certifications
AZ-900 Azure Fundamentals AZ-204 Azure Developer AZ-400 Azure DevOps CKAD
earned in progress