Software Engineer | Python & Django Developer | HPC SysAdmin / DevOps
I'm Wes, a software engineer with strong experience in Python-based full stack development and Linux infrastructure, currently working in High-Performance Computing (HPC) environments at Instituto Butantan.
I design, build, and maintain scalable backend systems, RESTful APIs, and asynchronous processing pipelines, frequently operating in critical production environments that handle large-scale scientific and biological data.
My work often involves integrating web applications with complex infrastructure, including containerized services, job schedulers, and distributed workloads, ensuring reliability, performance, and maintainability.
I hold a degree in Systems Analysis and Development (FATEC-SP) and a bachelor’s degree in Biotechnology (University of São Paulo – USP), which allows me to bridge software engineering best practices with scientific, data-driven problem solving.
- Backend & Full-Stack development with Python
- Django applications following clean architecture principles
- RESTful APIs and asynchronous processing
- Celery + RabbitMQ for distributed workloads
- Linux servers, HPC clusters (SLURM), and automation
- Containers, CI/CD, and infrastructure as code
- Scientific computing & bioinformatics pipelines
Instituto Butantan | Aug 2024 – Present
- Administration and continuous evolution of a scientific HPC infrastructure.
- Deployment and customization of Open OnDemand integrated with Apache and NGINX.
- Configuration and tuning of SLURM queues, policies, and job templates.
- Packaging and distribution of 30+ scientific applications using Apptainer/Singularity with Lmod.
- Infrastructure automation using Ansible with versioned roles and playbooks.
- Integration of authentication systems (LDAP, Keycloak, MFA).
- Technical documentation and user onboarding with MkDocs.
VenOmiCS4BD – Instituto Butantan | Nov 2023 – Aug 2024
- Full-stack development of a scientific web platform using Django.
- Design and maintenance of REST APIs and backend services.
- Asynchronous task processing with RabbitMQ and Celery.
- Containerized deployments and CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions.
- Server maintenance with focus on data integrity and security.
Instituto Butantan / CNPq | 2021 – 2023
- Development of machine learning models for toxin classification.
- Analysis of transcriptomic and proteomic datasets.
- Creation of computational pipelines in Linux-based environments.
- B.Sc. in Biotechnology – University of São Paulo (USP)
- A.S. in Systems Analysis and Development – FATEC-SP
⭐ If you are interested in Python, Django, backend systems, automation, or scientific computing, feel free to explore my repositories.