github.com/breinda [email protected] linkedin.com/in/brendacarrocino

Experience

05/2024 – 11/2024
Software Engineer
Zalando – Berlin, Germany
  • Built and restructured component + integration tests for new abuse protection platform, making new tests faster to write. Raised test coverage from ~70% to ~90% as sole contributor.
  • Acted as on-call “firefighter”: handled incidents, analysed logs/dashboards, ran load tests, and reported findings for high-traffic events.
  • Kickstarted on-call documentation to reduce ambiguity and human error during operational incidents.
05/2021 – 03/2023
Software Development Engineer
Amazon – São Paulo, Brazil
  • Contributed to launching Pix payments in Amazon BR; Pix reached ~15% of total orders by Mar/2023, driving significant revenue growth.
  • Designed and implemented Pix payment reminder push notification; leading to +28% completed Pix transactions, +173 bps Payment Success Rate. Design reused by other teams.
  • Built and debugged various Pix email notifications. Wrote rollout/dial-up docs for Pix across multiple sub-launches.
10/2018 – 05/2021
Software Engineer
Tagme Food Solutions – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Built and documented core REST APIs for a new delivery system during the pandemic. Assets later used as foundation to revamp the company’s backend systems.
  • Developed Tagme’s first React Native app solo, revitalising digital menus for hundreds of restaurant partners.
  • Integrated booking systems with international partner via new APIs, expanding global reach and increasing revenue for company.
03/2017 – 07/2018
Programming Teacher
MadCode Educação – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Mentored aspiring developers, teaching programming fundamentals and best practices through hands-on, game-based learning.
  • Built dozens of mini-games in Swift, Scratch, and Lua under tight deadlines to support classes and workshops.
01/2016 – 01/2017
iOS Developer
Apple Developer Academy – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Selected as one of ~50 students for an Apple-sponsored program focused on iOS development, teamwork, and leadership.
  • Built apps end-to-end in Swift, from ideation and prototyping to testing and release. Published two iOS apps: ACOLÁ, a depression‑support app, and Check.OUT, a shared‑expense tracker.

Technology

JavaScript TypeScript, Node.js, Express Java Spring AWS SNS, SQS, CloudWatch, Lambda, DynamoDB, S3 Past experience Python, MongoDB, React Native (Redux, Realm), Microsoft Azure, Swift 5 (Storyboards, CocoaPods)

Certifications

10/2023
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-02)
Validation Number: ZKTJ9EYCVJEQ17GV

Education

2011 – 2017
Bachelor in Computer Engineering
PUC-Rio - Brazil
2014 – 2015
Study Abroad - Computing and Software Systems
University of Melbourne - Australia

Languages

English Fluent Italian Advanced German Basic Portuguese Native