About

Hi, I'm Beto! I'm a Brazilian-Australian Software Engineer who gets energy from building products and companies, end-to-end.

I'm currently building Vinte.ai, a vertical AI SaaS for the food & beverage wholesale industry. Before this, I was a Lead Engineer at Leonardo.ai, as we were acquired by Canva in 2024.

I also co-founded Good Pair Days and helped take it from zero to over $40M in ARR. We started as a "Spotify for wine" club concept with ML-powered recommendations. Today it serves over 100,000 monthly subscribers across Australia and the UK, and we've even opened our first physical store in Surry Hills.

Before all this, I worked as a Software Engineer in the private and public sector. I also ran my own web development agency earlier in my career.

Back in my teenage years, I used to hang out with a group of talented friends who shared a passion for tech culture, music, sports and the desire to explore the world. We grew up in Maranhao, one of the poorest states of Brazil, and struggled to accept the level of corruption, violence and lack of investment in education.

Not surprisingly, most of us went to build a career overseas in companies like Canva, Microsoft, Booking, The New York Times, CrazyDomains, etc...

After doing my last year of High School in Indiana (USA), I attended university back in Brazil, where I got a Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems as the top performer in my class. While studying, I was also working on the side as a software developer for a few local companies and even hustled my way to a short traineeship at the University of Bristol (UK).

I've always had the dream to live in Australia, so while still in Uni in Brazil, I applied remotely to hundreds of jobs there. When I was 21, I got a job offer and visa sponsorship from a large Internet company located in the unique city of Perth (AU).

I later lived for five years in what I consider one of the best cities in the world, Sydney (AU), where you get the best of both worlds, business and nature. In 2020, right before the COVID lockdowns, I relocated to the Gold Coast (AU), a smaller and fantastic surf town still close to major business areas.

You'll usually find me having a ton of fun with my wife and two kids, hanging out at the beach, cafes, and BBQ gatherings with friends. Or there's a chance you'll catch me reading a good book or surfing.