
Vitor Vasconcellos
🧠 Professional Summary
Software Engineer with 5+ years of experience developing high-scale, resilient systems in fintech and e-commerce platforms. At MercadoLibre, contributed to the engineering of a cutting-edge observability solution based on OpenTelemetry Distributed Tracing — designing scalable telemetry pipelines with Kafka and Kubernetes, leveraging ClickHouse for storage, and integrating Grafana and Datadog for real-time monitoring and incident management.
OpenTelemetry contributor and open-source advocate, focused on enhancing developer experience and driving platform reliability at scale.
🛠️ Core Competencies
- Observability & Tracing (OpenTelemetry, Datadog, Grafana, New Relic)
- Cloud Infrastructure (Kubernetes, Apache Kafka, ClickHouse, AWS)
- Microservices Architecture
- Real-Time Monitoring and Incident Management
Agile Methodologies CI/CD DevOps & SRE Collaboration
💼 Work Experience
MercadoLibre
Software Engineer – Cloud and Platform - Observability
São Paulo, Brazil | July 2024 – Present
Software Engineer – MercadoPago
São Paulo, Brazil | January 2023 – June 2024
Software Developer – MercadoPago
São Paulo, Brazil | June 2021 – January 2023
Medei
Full Stack Developer
São Caetano do Sul, Brazil | February 2021 – June 2021
🚀 Major Projects
OpenTelemetry Contributor (2024 – Present)
- Approver for OpenTelemetry Portuguese documentation.
- Contribute to documentation, SDK improvements, and pt-BR localization.
- Promote observability practices through active open-source participation.
🎓 Education
Federal University of Technology - Paraná (UTFPR)
Postgraduate Certificate in Java Development | Feb 2021 – Jun 2022
Centro Universitário Paulistano (UniPaulistana)
Associate Degree in Systems Analysis and Development | Jan 2018 – Jun 2020
🌍 Languages
- Portuguese – Native
- English – Full Professional Proficiency
- Spanish – Professional Working Proficiency