AI dev tooling
Agent workflows, model integrations, and the test surface around them. Day job at ZergAI.
Software developer · Rio de Janeiro, BR
André Ricardo
AI-assisted developer tooling at ZergAI. Background in performance, embedded, and reverse engineering.
PythonTypeScriptVue / NuxtFastAPIPostgresMicrocontrollersIndustrial AutomationFusion 360
Stack
Performance
Async I/O, profiling, parallel pipelines — where throughput is the requirement, not a side-effect.
Embedded & hardware
Microcontrollers, sensor networks, and the fixtures and enclosures around them.
Reverse engineering
Decompilation, packet analysis, and bots on closed clients (Tibia, Discord, Telegram).
Experience
- 2025 — present
ZergAI
currentSoftware Developer
AI-assisted developer tooling, end-to-end across model integration and frontend.
- 2024 — 2025
Granola (ex-EpochML)
Junior Software Developer · QA / Playtest
Started in QA / playtesting, moved to development. Same team across the rebrand.
Selected work
Strategy backtesting
2025 — presentWalk-forward portfolio backtests · TripleMA crossover, Donchian breakouts, vol-targeted sizing. Regime classifier and leak-free CV.
PythonpandasNumPypytest
Tibia client RE
2024Static + dynamic analysis of a closed MMO client; custom bot on the reverse-engineered protocol.
decompilationpacket analysisPython
Bot fleet
2024Production Discord and Telegram bots. Async-first, deployed as systemd units.
PythonWebSocketsDiscord APITelegram Bot API
CAD & 3D printing
OngoingMechanical modeling across Fusion 360, SolidWorks, and AutoCAD — printable parts, fixtures, and enclosures. FDM prototyping in the same loop.
Fusion 360SolidWorksAutoCADFDM
Voice-controlled drone
High schoolQuadcopter with onboard voice-command recognition. Microcontroller-based flight control parsing speech for basic directives.
microcontrollersvoice recognitionflight control
Air quality monitor
High schoolEmbedded sensor network logging particulate and gas concentration. Microcontroller nodes feeding a centralized data collector.
microcontrollerssensorsembedded
Education
- 2023 → 2028.2 (exp.)
Bachelor's in Physics
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
- 2019 — 2022
Industrial Automation · Technical High School
CEFET-NI · Federal Center for Technological Education