# Leonardo Godoy > Sr. Ruby on Rails Engineer at Firstleaf Location: Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil Profile: https://flows.cv/leonardogodoy Passionate about driving projects to success, I thrive in dynamic environments that value communication and adaptability. With a deep commitment to personal performance, health, and well-being, I actively pursue knowledge on diverse topics, including human brain behavior, through books, podcasts, and online resources. This dedication extends to my professional endeavors, where I excel at taking ownership of challenges and delivering impactful solutions. Proficient in technologies such as Ruby on Rails, Postgres, and AWS, my expertise lies primarily in backend development. Eager to explore and master new technologies, I bring a versatile skill set to any project or team. ## Work Experience ### Backend Tech Lead @ Firstleaf Jan 2025 – Present | Napa, California, United States ### Software Engineer @ Firstleaf Jan 2022 – Present | Napa, California, United States Context: Firstleaf is a wine box subscription service specialized in tailoring bottle selection to the customer’s taste and preferences. The company takes a customer-focused approach to identifying market opportunities and overall experience improvements. Working there, I have enjoyed an amazing culture, competent colleagues, and challenging projects. Achievements: • Led and executed a project to redesign the box-filling algorithm, significantly improving its quality, reliability, observability, and maintainability, which is integral to delivering the company's primary value of personalized bottle selection to customers. • Implemented multi-tiered pricing plans, resulting in a notable 3.5% conversion rate of customers to higher-priced plans within the first three months. • Implemented a custom solution to concurrently process payments using both stripe APIs (charges and payment intents) ensuring a seamless transition. Technologies: Ruby on Rails, Postgres SQL, AWS, and React JS ### Software Engineer @ Camaloon Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 At Camaloon, I've worked maintaining and developing customer-facing and back-office e-commerce features, responsible for the business's complex logistics and manufacturing processes. I also had the opportunity to contribute significantly to the company's most challenging endeavor: its introduction to the Print On Demand market. I am glad to have had the pleasure of leading a development team with exceptional professionals, and mentoring team members I discovered a passion for developing people... One of the most fulfilling experiences of my life. I was surprised by the disruptive aspects that contributed to my development, mainly the outstanding product/development team culture and philosophy. Including a meaningfully different methodology, technically impressive leaders, excellent interaction between team members, and a teach-learning environment. During this time, I also felt a gigantic personal development full of international experiences, cultural exchange, travels, and friends for life. Technologies: Ruby on Rails, Hotwire, Stimulus, React JS, and Postgres SQL ### Software Engineer @ Trackmob Jan 2017 – Jan 2021 | Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil At Trackmob I helped increase NGO's payment processing efficiency by working with a great breadth of systems and technologies. My contributions consisted of data modeling, developing applications from scratch, maintaining complex legacy systems, and integrating multiple third-party APIs. In doing that, I worked with great professionals who helped me expand my knowledge and maturity that enabled me to participate and influence business decisions in a way that connected me even more to Trackmob's mission and strategy. Technologies: Ruby on Rails, Postgres SQL, AWS, Redis, Vue JS, Node JS, and React JS ### Software Engineer Internship @ Universidade Federal do Paraná Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Curitiba e Região, Brasil Thanks to the recommendation of a professor, I had my first contact with the Ruby world. He hired me as an intern on an extension project where I built a web system to automate class allocation for teachers using Ruby on Rails and PostgreSQL. ### Programming Logic Teaching Assistant @ Instituto Federal do Paraná - IFPR Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Curitiba e Região, Brasil During High School I worked as a TA for an Information Technology course helping other students with Programming Logic using Java and C++. ## Education ### Bachelor of Technology - BTech in Análise de Sistemas de Computação Universidade Federal do Paraná ### Tecnologia da Informação Instituto Federal do Paraná - IFPR (Curitiba) ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/dev-leonardo-godoy --- Source: https://flows.cv/leonardogodoy JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/leonardogodoy/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-30