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Thiago Charão

Director of Architecture

I build and lead teams where shipping anything is a battle. 78% of stakeholders who gave me feedback mention collaboration as a strength. I've enabled ~300 engineers with AI tools, chair 50+ architecture reviews per year, and consistently turn complex cross-functional programs into delivered outcomes.

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The Receipts

How these are measured

20+

Years in software

78%

Collaboration theme

~300

Engineers AI-enabled

50+

Reviews chaired/year

What Stakeholders Say

62 people · 78 entries over the years

78%

Collaboration

64%

Tech depth

62%

Innovation

49%

Helpful

44%

Strategic

44%

Execution

Themes via keyword analysis

Experience
Leadership Engineering Consulting

2024

Director of Architecture

Planet

  • · Architecture direction across platform, identity, and cross-cutting capabilities
  • · Led AI enablement across ~300 engineers → ~20% throughput uplift
  • · Enterprise identity governance at 50K+ MAU scale (Auth0)
  • · Established decision-making forums and architecture standards
2024

Senior Software Engineering Manager

Planet

  • · Strategic architecture initiatives aligned with growth goals
  • · Technical roadmaps and execution improvement
  • · Mentored engineers and architects; raised quality standards
2021

Senior Software Engineer

Planet

  • · High-throughput APIs and event-driven services (AWS, Java/Spring, .NET)
  • · Improved reliability through observability and resilient designs
  • · Automated CI/CD and containerised workloads
2020

Senior Software Engineer

Basecone

  • · Document-processing workflows for accounting platform (OCR-heavy)
  • · Serverless back-end with .NET + AWS Lambda/API Gateway
  • · Python APIs and automation for engineering efficiency
2018

Lead Technical Consultant

Farfetch

  • · Mission-critical logistics/shipping services (.NET Core)
  • · Data-heavy systems with graph and distributed data stores
  • · Technical leadership in cross-functional environment
2017

Senior Development Consultant

ThoughtWorks

  • · Large-scale retail initiatives (credit card + loyalty programs)
  • · Collaborative agile setup with US retail clients
2016

Senior Software Engineer

Azion Technologies

  • · Platform capabilities in R&D environment
  • · REST APIs with Python/Django
2014

Co-founder & Consultant

Independent

  • · Web and mobile solutions across the stack
  • · Xamarin/C#, Azure services, full-stack web
2007

Senior Consultant / Technical Lead

CWI Software

  • · 7 years leading multiple client projects
  • · Design, delivery quality, and mentoring
  • · .NET, Java, SQL Server, Oracle, mobile development

🍪 You scrolled all the way down here? Have a cookie! Here's where it all started...

2007

Software Developer

Drogaria Mais Econômica

  • · Built work-order system for retail maintenance teams
  • · Reporting and operational decision-making
  • · On-site technical operations (POS, networks, servers)
2005

Software Developer

Grupo Telecon Sistemas

  • · POS solutions and databases for small retailers
  • · Reporting and data reliability

Skills

Architecture

Technology Strategy Platform Engineering Operating Models Governance Decision Records

Cloud & Platform

AWS Kubernetes/EKS Terraform Docker CI/CD

Identity

Auth0 OAuth2/OIDC SAML SSO Patterns IAM Governance

Languages

Java/Spring .NET/C# Python TypeScript Go

AI & Data

LLM Integration AI Productivity Event-Driven API Design

Leadership

Stakeholder Alignment Engineering Standards Team Building Pragmatic Execution

Education

Cornell University

Technology Leadership Certificate

Leading technical teams, strategy & execution

UFRGS

Applied Mathematics (coursework)

Unilasalle

Computer Science (coursework)

Microsoft (MCPS)

Certified Professional

Software Development

Languages

Portuguese Native
English Fluent
Italian Elementary

Contact

linkedin.com/in/charao charao.dev thiago@charao.dev