Aeliton Silva
- Email: aeliton@aeliton.com
- Timezone: UTC-3
- Speaks:
- Portuguese (native)
- English (fluent)
Summary
Experienced Software Engineer passionate about programming and problem solving.
Projects
Apr-2026 – Present, Development Specialist at Magalu Cloud, Brazil
Building a sovereign cloud.
Dec-2025 – May 2026, Software Engineer at FUNCAP, Brazil
Designing and implementing a tool to optimize communication between doctors collecting organs for transplantation. Python, Django, GitHub Actions for CI/CD.
Dec 2024 – Nov 2025 – Sabbatical Year, Brazil
- Designed and implemented a conflict-free self replicated database in C++ aeliton/cashmere;
- Became a sponsored Debian maintainer (Rust and Python teams) and made other open source contributions to multiple projects.
2023 – 2024, Lead Software Engineer, Foundry Visionmongers, UK
Leading a product team maintaining and adding new features to industry standard level software for VFX Compositing. C++, Conan, CMake, Qt, and Python.
2020 – 2022, Senior Software Engineer, Foundry Visionmongers, UK
Developing and maintaining industry standard level software for VFX. C++, Conan, CMake, Qt, and Python.
2018 – 2020, Senior Software Engineer,
Agilean, Brazil
Leading the development of a planning-through-diagrams tool for civil engineering projects using C++ and Qt.
2017 – 2017, Lead Software Engineer, Audo, Brazil
Developed a web application for imaging medical exams evaluation using Elixir, Erlang and Java.
2015 – 2016, Senior Software Engineer, Lenovo, Brazil
Developed a management module for a storage device to be managed by Lenovo XClarity Administrator.
Technologies: Java, Linux, Bash Script, SLP and SNMP.
Contractor job via FUNCEPE
2014 – 2015, Senior Software Engineer, HPE, Brazil
Developed Software Defined Network controller application using OpenFlow, Java, Python, C, Bash Script, OpenVSwitch and Mininet.
Contract via Instituto Atlântico.
2012 – 2013, Tech Leader, HPE, Brazil
Developed a device monitoring solution composed by server application, Android and Windows clients using Java, NDEF, XMPP, and Protocol Buffers.
Contract via FCPC.
2009 – 2011, Software Engineer, AOC, Brazil
- Embedded Software for digital television hardware using C, Linux, uBoot and DirectFB;
- Developed client application for WebOs platform using Javascript.
Contracts via Centro de Pesquisa e Qualificação Tecnologica – CPQT.
2007 – 2009, Software Engineer, Team Leader, Daruma, Brazil
Developed client applications and device simulators using Delphi 7, C++ and C.
Contract via ITIC.
Education
2004 – 2010, Bachelor of Computer Science, UECE, Brazil
2002 – 2003, Software Developer Technician, IFCE, Brazil
Open Source Contributions
- cashmere: A conflict-free replicated database.
- audio-visualizer-python:
- Debian package sponsored maintainer;
- Re-structure project for distribution in PyPI and Debian.
- python-lsp-server: Fix unit test.
- OpenAssetIO-MediaCreation: Fix CMakeLists.txt.
- elixir-ecto: Bug fix and unit test.
Personal & Freelancer Projects
- Cosmic: Comic Book digital reader platform. Elixir, phoenix, C++ and Qt;
- Touchscreen VOIP phone. Qt, C++, Python, SNMP, SFLPhone, D-Bus and Linux;