Alexandre Lopes — Software Architect

The work I'm proudest of rarely begins with code. It starts when a business ambition is too big for one team, when different disciplines each hold a piece of the problem, and someone has to turn that ambiguity into a direction people can actually act on. That's where I do my best work.

Over 12 years I've built my career across boundaries — design and engineering, product and platform, technical detail and stakeholder language. That range has let me lead cross-platform change, turn experimentation into standards other teams adopt, and align people through technical and client complexity. I see how decisions compound across a system, and where that coherence has to come from for teams to move with confidence.

I'm drawn to work at that broader scale: keeping technology direction coherent across products and teams, turning strategy into roadmaps people can actually execute, and helping organizations make decisions that keep paying off as they evolve.

Selected experience

Professional

CI&T — Navigate change

Senior Software Architect

– Present · Brazil

Architecture and technical leadership for confidential global enterprise engagements, connecting web, CMS, and mobile platforms while advancing the practical use of generative AI across discovery, development, and testing.

Snog by Cliqx — Scalable Bus Ticketing White-label and Marketplace Site Solutions

Software Architect

– · São Paulo, Brazil

I led a team of three to create a white-label and marketplace bus ticketing solutions for a brand called Snog, owned by Cliqx. Snog has a complex system that integrates with multiple Global Distribution Systems (GDS), payment gateways and BI. On top of that are the site solutions I've built. They run on Next.js flavored AWS Amplify.

Mee — A Platform and Methodology for Knowledge Organization

Senior Frontend Engineer & Software Architect

– · São Paulo, Brazil

As part of Mee’s team, I did from business specifications and software architecture to team leadership and scrum, all detailed in this article. My team built the current iteration of the platform from the ground up. Among the projects it helped bring to life are: The COVID-19 Information Center (promoted by São Paulo’s Development Agency — ADE SAMPA) and Tim Burton’s exhibition in Brazil The Lurid Beauty of Monsters.

Cerensa — The ultimate software for Sustainability Management

Senior Frontend Developer & UX Designer

– · São Paulo, Brazil

As a part of Cerensa’s team, I worked mainly with web development and helped with product management, software architecture, and business intelligence. I’ve helped to create, architect, develop, and deliver five Cerensa branded large-scale products: Solid Waste (Cerensa® V3); Electric Energy, Water Supply/Waste and Indicators (Cerensa® V2); and BI (Cerensa® Business Intelligence). That work impacted thousands of clients’ users and, indirectly, millions of their users. We worked with multiple private and publicly traded companies, such as Coca-Cola Brasil, Ultrapar, Gerdau, CCR, Hypera Pharma, and Wilson Sons.

Non-profit

Design Possível — Inclusive Design

Project and Workshop Planner / Volunteer Designer

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Led a project featured in the Brazilian Design Biennial 2015.

Oficina Tipográfica São Paulo — Long Live Letterpress

Team Lead / Project Planner / Artist / Volunteer Designer

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Worked with artists, publishers, and organizations of local and international relevance, including ATypI (Association Typographique Internationale).

Education

ESPM — Higher School of Advertising and Marketing

Graduated with a B.A. in Design

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