Eliel Alves
Software engineer · Co-founder & Tech Lead
I'm a full-stack engineer based in Goiânia, Brazil, currently leading engineering at Forge Labs — a software studio of four serving 12+ active clients across fintech, healthtech, delivery, and education.
My day-to-day is TypeScript across Next.js, NestJS, and Prisma — distributed architectures, payment integrations, multi-tenant SaaS. I work from concept to production: discovery, architecture, hands-on engineering, and onboarding new team members onto the codebases I help shape.
I've used AI-assisted development as engineering practice (Claude Code) since 2024, and I treat it the same way I treat any other tool: useful where it earns its keep, audited by humans, never a black box.
Experience
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Co-founder & Tech Lead
Jan 2026 – Present · Remote
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AAMLabs
Software Engineer (Contractor)
Jun 2024 – Dec 2025 · Remote
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Independent Freelancer
Web Developer
Jan 2020 – Dec 2023 · Remote
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2U Mídia
WordPress Web Developer
Aug 2019 – Dec 2020 · Passo Fundo, Brazil
Software registrations (INPI – Brazilian PTO)
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Logif Web App
BR512022003405-0 · Dec 13, 2022
Senior thesis project in Flutter aimed at teaching logic and algorithms to reduce dropout in computer science programs. Co-authored with IFSul faculty and students.
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Extensiona Web App
BR512022001188-3 · Apr 19, 2022
Flutter + Firebase platform for registering and requesting academic-extension project demands at educational institutions. Co-authored with IFSul faculty and students.
Education
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science · Instituto Federal Sul-rio-grandense (IFSul) · Passo Fundo, Brazil · Completed Dec 2022.
Languages
- Portuguese — Native
- English — Advanced reading and listening (technical); conversation in development