Software Development Engineer (SDE) intern
@ Amazon
Toronto, ON
May 2025 – Aug 2025
▶ Something exciting is coming soon... Stay tuned! 👀
Hello! I'm
Breno Faria
I'm a software developer passionate about making things work behind the scenes.
I love building scalable solutions to nonexistent problems, ideally using a tool I have no prior experience with, which usually results in 3x as much work, 5x as much debugging and 10x as much fun!
About Me
I started my programming journey in high school — initially drawn by its never-ending JavaScript frameworks, I quickly realized that my true passion was in the backend, far away from dynamically typed languages.
Since then, I've worked on several side projects, internships, and more! I have a personal preference for creating and maintaining APIs and manipulating data, but I've gained experience across the board, including full-stack software development, containerization services, security and access control, and more.
I'm currently interested in distributed systems and self-hosting infrastructure, including reverse proxies and load balancing.
For a detailed and technical overview of my skills and experience, check out my resume or just scroll down!
Work experience
2025
2024
2023
Backend developer intern
@ Flexspring
Boston, MA
Sep 2024 – Dec 2024
▶ Tackled production bugs and implemented features in Java-based microservices, using Jira for task trackings
▶ Worked within SCRUM methodology, using Git for version control and GitBucket for repository management
▶ Refactored code to simplify logic, optimize performance, and eliminate unused legacy code, improving efficiency and maintainability
Director of technology
@ Hackconcordia (University club)
Montréal, QC
May 2024 – Dec 2024
▶ Participated the development and maintenance of the club’s website and registration platform
▶ Contributed to the [backend] software development and maintenance of several projects within the club
▶ Main technologies used: TypeScript, MongoDB, Express JS
Math tutor
@ Concordia University
Montréal, QC
Sep 2023 – May 2024
▶ Worked in the university's math department, providing one on one tutoring and organizing Exam Prep (comprehensive review) sessions
▶ Gauged students' level and needs in order to provide personalized advice and explain the content in a clear and concise way
▶ Tutored several math courses, such as Linear Algebra, Calculus I, Calculus II, etc.
Software developer intern
@ Federal Highway Police (Brazil)
Brasília, DF
May 2023 – Aug 2023
▶ Designed and implemented data aggregation tools with Python and PostgreSQL that were used on a federal scale, increasing case submissions by over 10%
▶ Developed several automation scripts, browser extensions using JavaScript, reducing the time spent on routine tasks by 50%
▶ Implemented and integrated new software solutions while assisting departments with technical challenges
Projects
Open-ed
Math learning platform where users can find a complete series of videos for university-level introductory math courses. Leveraged my tutoring experience to record the lectures aligned with the content covered by the University equiping students with the tools they need to succeed, and built the website so they can be accessed for free, hosting the videos on a home server
Main learning goals:
▶ Using Go to build a comprehensive API from scratch
▶ Learning Go's coding conventions
▶ Self-hosting
Main programming language: Golang
u-there
Downloadable communication tool with user authentication, groups creation, in-app chat, public activity status, dashboard to navigate between groups and link other social medias to profile
Main learning goals:
▶ Account creation and user authentication
▶ Real-time data transmission
▶ Data caching to optimize large amount of queries (chats)
Main programming language: JavaScript
Postit
Social media platform where users can post and interact with digital sticky notes, implementing real-time interactions and content moderation
Main learning goals:
▶ Get more proficient with Java
▶ Gain experience with Spring Boot ecosystem
Main programming language: Java
LcMentions
Designed and implemented a Python script that scrapes all mentions of every LeetCode problem on Reddit, and saves it to a MySQL database that feeds a website where users can visualize the most frequent problems and solve them
Main learning goals:
▶ Get more familiar wrapping API's into an intuitive, user-friendly website
▶ Learning how to efficiently feed data from a SQL database to a frontend website
▶ Write automation scripts with Bash
Main programming language: Python
Snappy
Collaborated with other developers to build a platform where generative AI was used to give the user financial insights. I built the API used on the website, using Plaid to get secure access to the user's financial data in order to provide a personalized experience. This was a mock project built during a hackathon.
Main learning goals:
▶ Interacting with a pre-existing API using Go and using it to serve my application
▶ Get familiar with using Go for data manipulation
Main programming language: Golang