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Luiz Vieira

Luiz Vieira

Forward Deployed Engineer · Head of AI · Hands-on Leader
São Paulo, Brazil·luiz@lvtec.com.br·linkedin.com/in/luizbeserra
Profile

I am a software engineering leader with an entrepreneurial mindset, passionate about transforming complex business challenges into scalable products powered by modern software engineering and Artificial Intelligence. Over the past 12+ years, I have designed, built, and scaled products from concept to production, combining hands-on engineering, architecture, product thinking, and technical leadership.

Experience
2022 — Present
Head of Software Engineering — MZ (Global IR Solutions)

Lead an engineering org of 35+ across multiple squads, partnering with the CTO on strategy and architecture. Drove Generative AI adoption across the product suite — RAG, Tool Calling, Agents — while keeping a hands-on engineering presence.

2025 — 2026
Forward Deployed Engineer — EasyTelling @ Cubo Itaú

Sole technical leader delivering an end-to-end Generative AI SaaS for scientific research: LLM orchestration, RAG over scientific knowledge bases, Tool Calling for data-viz workflows. Langchain · OpenAI · AWS Bedrock · Next.js.

2022 — 2025
CTO & Co-Founder — Yio @ Cubo Itaú

Founded an AI-powered communication platform unifying websites, chatbots and landing pages. AI core on Claude via AWS Bedrock with RAG and Tool Calling; serverless AWS + Next.js. Led full lifecycle from MVP to go-to-market.

2019 — 2022
Senior Engineer → Tech Lead → Engineering Manager — MZ

Three promotions in three years: from full-stack delivery on MZ's IR platform (Node.js, TypeScript) to leading tech leads across squads and standardizing the development and DevOps environment.

2018 — 2022
Earlier roles — consulting & product

Fractional tech lead for four Cubo Itaú startups (via Growyx); engineering-culture consultant at DDR/BlueOne; Technical PM & founding IT engineer at Sapore S.A.

Skills
Generative AI
  • LLMs (Claude, GPT-4, Llama)
  • RAG · Fine-Tuning · Tool Calling
  • AI Agents & Orchestration
  • Langchain · Bedrock · OpenAI SDK
Engineering
  • Node.js · TypeScript · Python
  • React · Next.js · Angular
  • Microservices · DDD · Clean Arch.
  • AWS (Certified) · Serverless · K8s
Leadership
  • Team scaling (35+ engineers)
  • Client-facing architecture
  • Full-cycle product development
  • Agile · OKRs · Hiring
Selected Work
YioFOUNDER · 2022–25

AI communication platform — websites, chatbots and landing pages unified. Claude + RAG on serverless AWS.

EasyTellingFDE · 2025–26

GenAI SaaS for scientific research: RAG over knowledge bases, tool-calling data-viz pipelines.

MZ GenAI SuiteHEAD OF ENG · 2022–

GenAI across an IR product suite — use-case discovery, AI architecture, coaching engineers on LLM patterns.

Education & Certifications
FIAPSystem Analysis & Development 2020–22
KaplanIntensive English B2 2026
ImpactaTechnical IT Certification 2017
AWS Certified Cloud PractitionerITIL V3 FoundationICS — Impacta Certified SpecialistDevOps & Agile Culture