Celso de Sá

Celso is a Dev

Ruby on Rails Engineer II

Celso de Sá is a product-focused Software Engineer with 4+ years of remote experience building revenue-critical SaaS applications in the US MarTech industry. Specializes in Ruby on Rails backend architecture and high-volume data processing.

linkedin.com/in/celsodesa github.com/CelsoDeSa x.com/CelsoDeSa Barra Velha, Brazil (Remote)

Professional Experience

Engineer II Full Stack

PostPilot · Remote, USA

Overview: Full-stack engineer for a high-volume direct mail platform. Delivered features focusing on service-oriented architecture, security compliance, scalability and Hotwire.

AI-Accelerated Workflow: Pioneered team's adoption of AI-assisted development by establishing .cursor/rules and CLAUDE.md guidelines, standardizing coding patterns and significantly increasing shipping velocity.

API Integrations Ecosystem: Maintained and optimized REST API integrations, including Stripe connections for revenue tracking and Klaviyo data syncs to ensure accurate segment matching.

Scalable Export System Overhaul: Re-engineered the legacy export system using AWS S3 (Active Storage) to handle massive datasets. Replaced browser-blocking downloads with an asynchronous email delivery system.

Feature Development: Developed a Campaign "Time Machine" state management system preventing data loss, and led a massive security overhaul replacing insecure direct downloads with authenticated access paths.

Engineer I Full Stack

Leadster · Remote, Brazil

Overview: Built and maintained backend services for a conversational marketing platform focused on lead generation hosted on Heroku and using React and Vanilla JS.

In-Chat Scheduling Engine: Engineered a custom React-based scheduling UI embedded within the chat widget. Completed bi-directional OAuth logic to sync Google Calendar availability in real-time.

Skills

Methods

Test-Driven Dev (TDD) SOLID Agile / OOP

Languages & Libraries

Ruby on Rails 7+ Hotwire React JavaScript (ES6+) SQL

Infrastructure

AWS S3 Heroku Docker PostgreSQL Sidekiq

Languages

Portuguese Native
English C2
French Proficient
Spanish Proficient

Education

Systems Engineering
Universidade Estácio de Sá, Brazil
2011 – 2013
Applied Foreign Languages
Nantes Université, France
2005 – 2006 (Exchange)
A Verdadeira Orientação a Objetos
Certification