Pedro Mendes
| https://github.com/phrmendes | |
| https://www.linkedin.com/in/pedrohrmendes | |
| 📧 | phrmendes@duck.com |
👤 About Me
I have four years’ experience in the IT market and one years’ experience as an economic analyst, also working with data science. I was also a research assistant in the scientific initiation programme at UFABC, and I am currently enrolled in the 9th period of the Economics BA degree’s programme. My interests are time series econometrics, machine learning, Linux systems, Python, Scala and the Nix ecossystem.
🛠️ Skills
| Skill | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Python | Advanced | pandas, scikit-learn, FastAPI, Keras, TensorFlow, Streamlit, pySpark, dbt, prefect |
| R | Advanced | Tidyverse, tidymodels, data.table, Shiny |
| Ansible | Intermediate | – |
| Apache Spark | Intermediate | Databricks |
| Azure | Intermediate | CosmosDB, Azure DevOps, Azure Functions |
| Docker | Intermediate | – |
| GitHub | Intermediate | GitHub Actions |
| Kubernetes | Intermediate | Helm, Istio |
| Databases | Intermediate | PostgreSQL, MariaDB, MongoDB |
| Terraform | Intermediate | – |
| AWS | Beginner | Lambda, EC2, RDS |
| Apache Airflow | Beginner | – |
| ArgoCD | Beginner | – |
| Google Cloud | Beginner | BigQuery, Compute Engine |
| Grafana | Beginner | – |
| Prometheus | Beginner | – |
| Scala | Beginner | – |
🎓 Education
Federal University of ABC
BA degree in Economics
- São Bernardo do Campo, SP
- 2018 – 2023
BA degree in Sciences and Humanities
- São Bernardo do Campo, SP
- 2018 – 2022
Fatec São Caetano do Sul
Information Security
- São Caetano do Sul, SP
- 2015 – 2017
💼 Work Expericence
Data Engineer
- IplanRio
- Rio de Janeiro, RJ
- 2024 - Now
I’m responsible for creating and maintaining ETL pipelines for the city’s public datalake.
DevOps / Site Reliability Engineer
- NTT Data
- São Paulo, SP
- 2022 – 2024
I’ve managed CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps and ArgoCD, and developed microservice performance monitoring solutions with New Relic. I was also responsible for creating automation tools using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible and Helm) and Python.
Data analyst
- Abramge
- São Paulo, SP
- 2021 – 2022
My main activity was related to extracting and processing data on the private health sector in Brazil. To do this, I created ETL pipelines using R and Python to process large amounts of data and used exploratory data analysis to produce reports and dashboards for public use. I also managed databases using PostgreeSQL and serverless databases such as DuckDB and Apache Arrow. I was also responsible for forecasting relevant indicators using time series econometric tools (mainly VAR-related models).
🔎 Research
Scientific Initiation Program (PIC-UFABC)
- CECS – UFABC
- São Bernardo do Campo, SP
- 2020–2021
I researched exports from the Midwest region of Brazil, as well as the commodity cycle of the 2000s and its relationship to the region’s agro-industrial complex. I used data from Comex Stats and carried out analyses using tools such as R and Google BigQuery. My research relied on exploratory data analysis and visualisation to draw conclusions about the period analysed.
🌐 Language Proficiency
| Language | Level |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | Native |
| English | Professional working proficiency |
| Spanish | Professional working proficiency |