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Marcus Souza

Senior Developer Relations Engineer

Paudalho, Pernambuco, Brazil

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Senior Developer Relations Engineer with 10+ years of engineering experience spanning enterprise architecture, computer vision research, and web3 protocol development. Currently leading DevRel at NERO Chain (Japan). Trilingual technical writer (EN/JP/PT) with deep experience across Account Abstraction, smart contract development, and AI-augmented development workflows.

Work Preferences

Salary

USD 72,000 – 120,000

Skills

Developer Relations9/10
Smart Contract Development (Solidity)9/10
Technical Documentation & Writing9/10
Account Abstraction (ERC-4337)9/10
Computer Vision / OpenCV8/10
Docker / AWS / Azure (8/10)Ethers.js / Viem / Wagmi (8/10)Hardhat / Foundry (8/10)IPFS / Web3 Infrastructure (8/10)Java (8/10)JavaScript (8/10)Kafka / RabbitMQ (8/10)Node.js (8/10)Python (8/10)React / Next.js (8/10)REST / GraphQL / gRPC (8/10)TypeScript (8/10)AI/LLM Integration (8/10)C++ (8/10)Cartesi Rollups (8/10)

Work Experience

Lead Developer Relations Engineer

NERO Chain

Feb 2025 — Present

Led DevRel at NERO Chain (Japan, remote). Shipped the first AA-native x402 payment scheme on NERO testnet. Built nero-auth, eliminating a 6-figure third-party Web3Auth dependency. Led Documentation 1.0 overhaul reducing Discord support tickets by 65%. Scaled AKINDO WaveHack to 200 builders across 30 countries with 91 submissions and 100% mainnet conversion. Resolved 878 Discord tickets. Launched NERO Labs, NERO LINE Points System, NEROGotchi, NERO YOSO prediction market, and published @nerochain/nero-wallet on NPM. Planned Build on NERO side event at WebX Tokyo 2025.

Senior Integration Architect

Vivo (Telefônica)

Sept 2024 — Feb 2025

Designed enterprise API strategy across REST, GraphQL, gRPC, and SOAP for one of Brazil's largest telcos. Implemented event-driven architectures using Kafka, RabbitMQ, and Azure Event Hub. Governed API gateway estate (Azure API Gateway, Kong, Apigee, AWS API Gateway) and identity patterns (OAuth2, OpenID Connect, JWT). Led cross-functional alignment on integration roadmaps.

Developer Advocate and Software Engineer

Cartesi

Nov 2023 — Sept 2024

Onboarded 100+ projects into the Cartesi developer ecosystem. Organized 3 online hackathons and 2 in-person masterclasses (Nigeria, Brazil) for 1000+ developers across 5 events. Built developer onboarding tooling including code templates and Solidity contracts. Authored 2 Udemy courses and 5 Medium articles. Co-led DevRel program operations.

Software Engineer / Pioneer Developer

Cartesi

Jan 2023 — Nov 2023

Built the first OpenCV application running in a decentralized, provable execution environment on Cartesi Rollups. Developed 5 decentralized applications across AI, biometrics, and computer vision domains. Presented at ETHGlobal Bogotá. Provided technical support to the Cartesi developer community via Discord.

Senior Software Engineer and Tech Lead

Locus Custom Software

Jul 2021 — Nov 2023

Led a small engineering team on a key client account. Drove solution architecture decisions, internal process design, and customer-facing technical interactions. Java EE stack (JSP, JSF, MS SQL Server) with focus on commercial automation systems.

Tech Lead, Software Engineer, and Master's Scholarship Researcher

NCR Tech / OKI Brasil

Jul 2014 — Jul 2021

Multi-year career in biometrics and computer vision engineering. Built finger and face biometric algorithms and SDKs in Java, C++, JavaFX, and Xamarin/C# across desktop and Android platforms. Researched biometric algorithms in MATLAB during graduate-track research. Roles progressed from Intern to Software Engineer to Master's Scholarship to Tech Lead.

Education

Federal University of Pernambuco

MSc · Computer Science

? – 2019

Faculdade de Boa Viagem

BEng · Computer Science

? – 2016