# João Maia

> Staff Software Engineer with 12+ years in mission-critical fintech systems.
> Applying engineering rigor to AI in healthcare. Software consulting and career mentoring.

## About

João Maia is a Staff Software Engineer based in Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil.
He has 12+ years of experience building distributed, mission-critical fintech infrastructure
(PCI DSS compliance, payment systems, 99.99% availability SLAs).
He is now applying that engineering rigour to AI in healthcare, bridging regulated-domain
expertise with applied AI/ML systems.

## Services

- **Tech-to-Business Consulting**: Translating complex technical decisions into business language for non-technical stakeholders, product leaders, and investors.
- **Software Architecture Consulting**: Designing scalable, secure, and compliant architectures for regulated domains (fintech, healthtech).
- **Career Mentoring**: Guiding software engineers and technical leaders on career growth, specialization, and leadership transitions.

## Expertise

Technical Architecture, Distributed Systems, Cloud-Native Infrastructure, Fintech Engineering,
Payment Infrastructure, PCI DSS, LGPD, AI in Healthcare, Regulated Domain Engineering,
Engineering Leadership, Career Mentoring, Business-Technology Strategy.
Languages/platforms: Go, Python, AWS.

## Education & Highlights

- B.S. Computer Engineering — Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), 2005–2011
- Postgraduate in Artificial Intelligence — Instituto Sírio Libanês, 2026–2027
- ICPC — national finalist (as competitor); international finalist (as coach)
- 2nd place — State Mathematics Olympiad, Espírito Santo

## Contact

- Email: joao@joaovrmaia.com
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jvrmaia
- GitHub: https://github.com/jvrmaia
- Substack: https://substack.com/@jvrmaia
- Website: https://www.joaovrmaia.com