Marcelo Borges Alves

- Leading the development of a new customer segmentation project for PostFinance, enabling targeted marketing campaigns based on customer data insights. - Maintain and enhance a customer data management system from bug fixes to new backend API features integrating with external systems via REST APIs and file transfer mechanisms to support reliable data flow across platforms. - Implement asynchronous processing and event-driven architecture using Spring Batch and Apache Kafka, working with Java 17/21/25, Spring Boot, Maven, Oracle, Docker, GitLab and AWS to build scalable backend solutions.

- Developed a new Open Banking API for VeloPayments' mobile application and payments platform, enabling instant person-to-person and institution payments. - Built the backend using Kotlin, Quarkus, Maven, and PostgreSQL, following an API-first contract approach to ensure reliability and consistency across services. - Optimized CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, reducing deployment time by at least 30%.

- Led a team of 5 developers in modernizing the legacy Open Account System, introducing Agile methodologies and DevOps practices. - Reduced production bugs in the Open Account System by 50% by driving closer collaboration between the technical team and the business area. - Automated build and deployment pipelines and oversaw quality assurance processes across the platform.

- Led the technical design and delivery of a new credit system for pre-approved vehicle financing. - Architected and built a new Java 8 microservices platform alongside front-end initiatives integrated with Oracle databases. - Drove the adoption of Agile and DevOps practices across the team.

Master's degree

Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias

January 2024

Field: Computer Engineering

Architect Enterprise Applications with Java EE

Global Code / Oracle

January 2018