AI Engineer & Architect

LucasTejedor

AI systems that survive contact with production.

Production AI architecture, agentic systems, machine learning, and governance—built from strategy through deployment and adoption.

Recognition

02 · Operating approach

From ambiguity to adoption.

A practical delivery loop for AI engineering, architecture, and forward-deployed work.

  1. Discover

    Understand the workflow, constraints, users, and business consequence before choosing a technical shape.

  2. Architect

    Define the system boundary, models, tools, controls, interfaces, and evaluation plan.

  3. Deploy

    Integrate with the real environment, including monitoring, fallbacks, and operational ownership.

  4. Adopt

    Work with teams until the system is trusted, routinely used, and producing measurable value.

03 · Experience

A trajectory toward ownership.

Applied research, product engineering, technical leadership, and production AI architecture.

  1. 2025 — Present

    AI Engineer & Architect

    Lastlink

    Remote · Rio de Janeiro

    Set the company AI strategy with the CTO and built the production ecosystem required to execute it.

    • Architected a company-wide AI Gateway for governed MCP tool orchestration.
    • Deployed production models for payment risk and trust & safety.
    • Built agentic operational tooling and deployed AI infrastructure on Kubernetes.
  2. 2023 — 2024

    Software Engineer

    EloGroup

    Remote · Rio de Janeiro

    Promoted from Junior to Mid-level in six months—the fastest promotion in that cycle.

    • Built data pipelines processing more than 50,000 records daily.
    • Led modern React adoption, improving team velocity by 25%.
    • Contributed to more than USD 1M in client project deliverables.
  3. 2022 — 2023

    Software Engineering Intern

    Ventura Produções Artísticas

    São Paulo

    Built operational software for a fast-moving artistic production environment.

    • Developed project dashboards supporting more than 30 events.
    • Automated reporting work, saving more than 10 hours every week.
    • Maintained internal systems used by a team of more than 40 people.
  4. 2019 — 2023

    Lead AI Research Fellow

    CEFET/RJ

    Hybrid · Rio de Janeiro

    Led applied AI research and full-stack delivery across four concurrent projects.

    • Built a computer-vision pipeline processing 10,000+ images at 94% precision.
    • Led a cross-functional team of eight and published peer-reviewed research.
    • Architected a logistics platform connecting 15+ NGOs and 200+ users.
  5. 2019 — 2020

    Founder & CEO

    Pop Match

    Rio de Janeiro

    Built and grew an AI recommendation product from concept to exit.

    • Reached more than 1,200 organic users with zero paid acquisition.
    • Selected for a CEFET/RJ accelerator with an 8% acceptance rate.
    • Exited by selling the recommendation model.

04 · Skills

What I do. How I work.

I work where AI leaves the notebook and enters the business: defining the right system, building it, deploying it, governing it, and earning adoption from the people who depend on it.

AI EngineerForward Deployed AI EngineerAI Architect

AI systems

  • Production machine learning
  • Agentic systems
  • Model evaluation
  • Computer vision

Architecture

  • AI gateways
  • MCP orchestration
  • Governance & observability
  • APIs & data pipelines

Engineering

  • Python & SQL
  • JavaScript & React
  • Docker & Kubernetes
  • Production rollout

Delivery

  • Technical strategy
  • Stakeholder alignment
  • Product tradeoffs
  • Client-facing execution

Foundation

Research-led. Production-tested.

CEFET/RJ · Computer and Information Sciences · 2019—2023

  • Forbes Under 30
  • Top 10 Global Student Prize finalist
  • Top 3% of the CEFET/RJ class
  • Research Group President and peer-reviewed AI researcher

05 · Contact

Build something that matters.

Open to international conversations around AI Engineering, Forward Deployed AI Engineering, and AI Architecture.

Phone+55 (21) 96903-9156