# Luan Motta

> Senior Full-Stack Developer | Product Engineer | React, Node.js, TypeScript | Remote Work | U.S. Contract-Ready

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/luan

Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer with 10+ years of experience building scalable, user-centric web and mobile applications using JavaScript and TypeScript.

I specialize in React, Next.js, Node.js, and GraphQL, delivering high-performance front-end interfaces and robust back-end systems. I have a strong track record working with startups and product teams to ship high-quality software in fast-paced, remote environments.

My background in computer science allows me to bridge design and engineering, translating complex ideas into reliable and elegant solutions. I'm experienced with Agile development, CI/CD, testing frameworks, and cloud infrastructure.

🧠 Key Skills: React, React Native, Next.js, Node.js, NestJS, TypeScript, GraphQL, PostgreSQL, Docker, AWS  
🎓 Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science  
🌐 More at: luanmotta.com

## Work Experience
### Product Engineer (via Gold Media Tech) @ Caplight
Jan 2024 – Present | San Francisco, CA
As a senior full-stack developer, I help design and deliver scalable features across web and backend systems for Caplight, a financial technology platform operating in the U.S. private markets.

I'm deeply product-oriented and lead initiatives aimed at increasing user engagement and subscription conversion rates. I work closely with leadership across product, design, and engineering to define priorities based on behavioral data and business goals.

● Ownership of React and React Native features.
● Led product-driven projects to improve onboarding flows, subscription growth, and internal dashboards.  
● Created and evolved key product indicators in Heap, driving decision-making through user behavior insights.

### Senior Full-stack Developer  | Staff Software Engineer @ Gold Media Tech
Jan 2021 – Present | Nova York, Estados Unidos
● Working with React & React Native, Apollo GraphQL, and NestJS.

### Senior Full-stack Developer @ Toptal
Jan 2022 – Present | San Francisco, Califórnia, Estados Unidos
● Building a multi-language website integrated with ContentStack headless CMS.
● Using React, Next.js and Chakra-UI frameworks.

### Tech Lead | Senior Full-stack Developer @ LIT Onlearning
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
● Worked with React, Node.js, and MongoDB.
● Implemented continuous delivery and continuous integration with GitLab CI/CD.
● Developed a mobile app using React Native and Typescript.

### Software Engineer & Co-Founder @ Reluzent Tecnologia
Jan 2017 – Jan 2020 | Gravataí e Região, Brasil
● Created amazing projects using Google AMP and PWA. These rich apps are lightweight and are fast, high-performing across devices, and great user experience.
● Developed secure and scalable API services in AWS using Node.js and MongoDB.

●  Technologies stack:

✔ Vue.js;
✔ React;
✔ Webpack;
✔ Node.js;
✔ AVA;
✔ MongoDB;
✔ PostgreSQL; 
✔ Docker;
✔ Redis;
✔ Nginx;
✔ AWS.

### Full-stack Developer @ Cyral Inc.
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Redwood City, Califórnia, Estados Unidos
● Worked on an automated, scalable, and production-grade solution for logging, baselining, and governing all accesses to all data repositories in the hybrid cloud.
● Developed Cyral Website using React, Material Design, Pug, and Sass.
● Worked on Cyral Console and its integrations, a React project that integrates with services like Auth0, Okta, Kibana, Elasticsearch, etc.
● Developed multiple Node.js microservices and used it with docker-compose, and then set up at Google Cloud Platform.


● Technologies stack:

✔ React;
✔ Node.js;
✔ Go;
✔ MongoDB;
✔ Docker;
✔ Auth0;
✔ Okta;
✔ Amazon Web Services;
✔ Google Cloud Plataform.

### Front-end Developer @ ilegra
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
● Developed from scratch an international React project with webpack configs and roles/permissions support.

### Software Engineer @ BDTI - Soluções em Tecnologia
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Cachoeirinha, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
● Developed APIs and hubs for data integration from different products.

### Full-stack Developer @ Pling - Plataforma Integrada de Gestão
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Porto Alegre e Região, Brasil
✔ Worked as a FullStack Developer and Software Engineer, always thinking in performance, software architecture, and development process.
✔ Created a npm package that automates git commands for deploying our applications faster and safer, improving our workflow and development process, achieving great knowledge with git.
✔ Co-created a WebPack template generator that reaches a 100/100 score at LightHouse with VueJS, achieving expertise with Progressive Web Apps.


● Front-End:

✔ Developing VueJS architecture with Vuex and VueRouter PWAs bundled by WebPack with code splitting and compressing, using of the best of ES7 features with Babel.
✔ Using HTML5 and CSS3 at front-end with pug and stylus for better syntax and functionalities. 


● Back-End:

✔ Working with 100% NodeJS micro-services all scalables using Nginx and Redis at AWS EC2, running them with PM2.
✔ Using CircleCI for continuous delivery and integration with AWS CodeDeploy, and also running tests and eslint validations.
✔ Modeling MongoDB database always aiming at the best performance, using also AWS S3 for images database and AWS Lambda to run some other functionalities.
✔ Using Streams and Sockets as much as possible.


● Technologies stack:

✔ Progressive Web Apps;
✔ Material Design;
✔ Webpack;
✔ VueJS + VueRouter + Vuex;
✔ AngularJS;
✔ NodeJS;
✔ Websockets;
✔ MongoDB;
✔ Unit Tests (AVA)
✔ Git (GitHub);
✔ Continuous Integration and Delivery (CircleCI);
✔ AWS (EC2, CodeDeploy, S3, Route 53, Lambda);
✔ Redis;
✔ Nginx;
✔ PM2;

### Back-end Developer @ 4all Tecnologia
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Porto Alegre, Brazil
● Developed backend applications, including financial microservices with all their criticality and compliance requirements.
● Co-created a backend seed-project for the teams to start new projects with elementary npm packages and guidelines files. I also included unit tests with Mocha and Continuous Integration with Travis CI.
● Created specification APIs and also provided support for the frontend team to use our backend services.

● Roles:

✔ Core API Server and Backend Microservices;
✔ GitLab, AWS;

● Technologies stack:

✔ NodeJS clustered API Server supported by ExpressJS;
✔ MySQL;
✔ Unit Tests (Mocha and AVA);
✔ Code Versioning (Git, GitLab);
✔ ES6 and ES7;
✔ ESLint;
✔ Process Manager (PM2)
✔ Continuous Delivery and Integration (Travis CI)
✔ Test Coverage (Coveralls)

### Software Developer @ AIDTEC - International Association for Technological Development
Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | Gravataí - RS
●  Taught students to program robots for the FRC International Competition.
●  Oversaw and managed team goals and all responsible frameworks.
●  Developed websites using HTML, CSS, and Javascript.
●  Won the Dean's List Finalist award in 2015 at the San Diego Regional - CA.

● Technologies stack:

✔ HTML;
✔ CSS;
✔ JavaScript;
✔ Java;
✔ WPILIB;
✔ Eclipse.

See more:

Team Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/trailblazers1772
Competition Oficial Site: https://www.firstinspires.org


## Education
### Bachelor of Computer Science in Technology
ULBRA
Jan 2015 – Jan 2019

### Mechatronics Technician in Engineering
FIERGS SENAI - Serviço Nacional de Aprendizagem Industrial
Jan 2013 – Jan 2015


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/luanmotta
- Website: https://luanmotta.com
- GitHub: https://github.com/luanmotta

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Last updated: 2026-03-22