Caio Pizzol
Investor at Caravela Capital
Caio Pizzol
Investor at Caravela Capital
Curitiba, Paraná
Overview
Work Experience
Senior Software Engineer
2022 - Current
• Team Leadership: Managing a team of 4 engineers, overseeing their work and providing guidance and support. • API Development: Leading the launch of version 2 of our API, designed for both internal and external use to ensure consistency and reliability across platforms. • Reliability Enhancements: Enhancing the reliability of our applications by implementing unit tests, setting up comprehensive application monitoring, and establishing alerts and health checks. • Authorization System: Implementing a state-of-the-art authorization system using Zanzibar to ensure advanced and flexible access control. • Project Coordination: Coordinating various projects and ensuring that development goals align with the company’s strategic objectives. • Innovation and Best Practices: Promoting best practices in software development, encouraging innovation, and fostering a collaborative team environment. • Technologies Used: GCP (AppEngine, CloudRun, CloudFunctions, Spanner, CloudTasks, PubSub), Zanzibar, Python, RestAPI.
Software Engineer, Data Engineering & Analytics
2022 - 2022
• API Development: Created our first customer-facing Restful API, ensuring it was robust and user-friendly. • Documentation: Developed comprehensive documentation for the API, facilitating easy adoption by customers. • Authorization and Security: Implemented secure authorization mechanisms to protect customer data and ensure proper access control. • Webhooks: Integrated Webhooks to allow real-time data updates and notifications for customers. • Third-Party Integrations: Managed projects involving integration with third-party applications, ensuring seamless connectivity and functionality. • Team Management: Started managing 2 contractors, coordinating their tasks and ensuring project milestones were met. • Technologies Used: GCP (AppEngine, CloudRun, CloudFunctions, Spanner, CloudTasks, PubSub), Python, RestAPI, Webhooks.
Author
2024
Creator and maintainer of usepolvo, an open-source API integration toolkit, is revolutionizing how developers interact with third-party services. usepolvo emerged from my decade-long experience with complex integrations and aimed to solve everyday challenges developers face when working with multiple APIs.
Co-Founder / DevOps / Data Engineer
2018
• Tech Project Delivery: Delivered technology projects for major companies such as Boticario and Grupo Marista using AWS serverless architecture (Lambda, Step Functions, and RDS integrations). • Team Management: Managed project deliveries and coordinated a global development team to ensure timely and high-quality results. • Customer Engagement: Prospected and understood customer demands, conducting business meetings and negotiations to align technical solutions with business needs. • Requirement Translation: Identified and translated business requirements into technical specifications to ensure clarity and alignment with project goals. • Technologies Used: AWS Serverless (Lambda, RDS, S3, Step Functions), PostgreSQL, Python, RestAPI.
Angel Investor
2018
Investor in the leading management software (SaaS) for fitness businesses.
Investor
2020
Investor in a venture capital fund focused on early-stage companies in southern Brazil.
Tech Coordinator
2020 - 2021
• Team Coordination: Led innovation squad teams, prioritizing projects according to business strategy and managing product development roadmaps using agile methodologies. • Business Collaboration: Collaborated with various business areas to identify opportunities and set priorities for fleet management services. • Solution Development: Worked on the development of fleet management solutions, including telematics, on-boarding cameras, fuel management, and vehicle maintenance. • Data Analytics: Leveraged telematics to deliver data analytics products using AI/ML, primarily focused on cost reduction and revenue increase. • Technologies Used: AWS Serverless (Lambda, RDS, Step Functions), Machine Learning, PostgreSQL, Python, RestAPI.
Telematics Specialist
2017 - 2018
• Telematics Solutions: Coordinated and implemented telematics solutions to connect over 30,000 vehicles, including heavy-duty trucks, yellow machinery, and light vehicles. • Custom Solutions: Diagnosed and provided tailored solutions for each customer’s operations, covering all fleet management pillars: safety, operation, logistics, and maintenance. • IoT Development: Developed and created IoT events based on vehicle data from sensors, actuators, and CAN bus, as well as geo-positioning and driver behavior. • Data Analysis: Analyzed telematics data, including vehicle fault codes and alerts, ensured data reliability, and generated insights to support business decisions. • Technologies Used: JavaScript, PostgreSQL, Python, Jupyter Notebook.
Product Support Specialist
2013 - 2016
• Product Support: Provided telematics and electrical/electronic product support. • Customer Interaction: Maintained direct contact with dealers, private importers, and market companies across Latin America for Volvo, Renault, Mack, and UD truck brands. • Field Service Assistance: Assisted Field Service Engineers in solving complex product problems, conducting on-site trips for advanced diagnostics and vehicle data logging/analysis. • Customer Needs: Identified and addressed customer needs within new project developments through technical requirements. • Training Coordination: Coordinated technical bulletins and seminars for technician training. • Technologies Used: Matlab, SQL, Python.
Embedded Software Development Intern
2012 - 2012
• ECU Software Verification: Worked on the verification and validation of electronic control units (ECUs) software using Hardware-in-the-Loop (HiL) simulation. • Emission Standards Projects: Participated and contributed to emission standards projects such as Euro 6 and OBD2013. • Support and Maintenance: Provided support and maintenance fixes for issues related to post-treatment software. • Technologies Used: C, C++, SQL, Testing.
Scientific Research Scholarship
2011 - 2011
• Manufacture Cell Model: Developed a flexible manufacturing cell model using Petri Nets. • PLC Programming: Worked on programming the control logic for PLCs (Programmable Logic Controllers). • SCADA Implementation: Implemented a SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) system for control and monitoring. • HiL Simulation: Enabled Hardware-In-The-Loop (HiL) simulation concepts. • Technologies Used: C, Ladder, Function Block.
Education
Data Science and Data Analytics MBA
2021 - 2022
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.)
2011 - 2012
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.)
2008 - 2012