Lucas Emerick

I’m a Back-end and Data Engineer with over a decade of experience building scalable systems, real-time pipelines, and cloud-native infrastructure for data-intensive applications. I’ve designed solutions that support millions of records per month, enabling critical decision-making in political campaigns, education platforms, and media analytics. My work spans the full data lifecycle,from ingestion and ETL to analytics, observability, and infrastructure as code. I specialize in designing resilient, high-performance data platforms and APIs using modern tools and practices, and I thrive in fast-paced, impact-driven environments. I’m passionate about making data useful, accessible, and actionable,whether that’s through elegant backend services, meaningful dashboards, or smart automation. 🔧 Key skills: Languages & Dev: Python, Go, C++, JavaScript, Bash Data Engineering: Airflow, dbt, SQL, ETL pipelines, data modeling, real-time stream processing, LLM integration Data Governance & Search: Elasticsearch, Power BI, business intelligence, data lineage, metadata catalogs Cloud & Infra: AWS (S3, EC2, Lambda, Fargate), Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD, Linux Monitoring & Observability: Grafana, Kibana, logging, metrics, alerting Web Frameworks: FastAPI, Django, Node.js, React 🎓 Degrees in Anthropology and Industrial Automation; Postgraduate in Autonomous Systems (in progress) 💬 Languages: Portuguese (native), English (advanced) ⚡ Curious and adaptable—always open to new challenges, hackathons, and datathons.