Joeffison Andrade
I'm from Brazil and based in Berlin. I lead a software engineering team at Bonial; before that I spent a few years at momox. I've been working in Software Engineering and Data Analytics since January 2015, and I love my work. When I step away, it's usually for my plants, a side project, a puzzle, or an evening with friends and a board game.
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I was sixteen when I first sat down with Pascal's blue screen, with classmates beside me, and the feeling that I could type funny words and make the machine do what I wanted. I was hooked: math, little apps, even a "revolutionary" contact book. I still love building things people use, and the people who teach and challenge me along the way.
I grew up in Brazil and care about clear communication, solid craft, and teams that trust each other. I'm especially enthusiastic about programming and software architecture—how we shape systems so teams can move fast without losing clarity. Today I live in Berlin and bring that energy to how I lead and ship software. I genuinely love what I do—most days you'll find me in a good mood, even if the jokes don't always land.
Today I'm a Team Lead at Bonial in Berlin—focusing on people, clarity, and outcomes. I care about kindness, respect, feedback, and a bit of fun on the team; that culture is what helps our team stay motivated and do their best work.
I stay close to the code and the big picture: architecture reviews, DDD / microservices boundaries, clean code, CI/CD, and the details that keep products reliable and teammates unblocked.
I've built software professionally since graduating in 2015—from full-stack roles and data-science leadership at Virtus (UFCG) in Brazil to several years at momox (senior engineer, then lead for logistics teams). Since 2023 I've been leading at Bonial.
I worked across backend, frontend, data, and architecture as whole. Here are some of the technologies I've used (always adding more):
I have a bachelor's in Computer Science from UFCG (eight semesters) and spent two semesters at TU Dresden as part of an exchange for research students, taking courses in their master's programme in Distributed Systems. At UFCG I was a teaching assistant for two courses over three semesters and took part in research projects from my third-to-last semester onward.
My main hobby right now is my plants: from propagating to finding a new leaf unfurling. There is something calming about watering my plant collection in the morning.
Side projects and experiments keep me curious and help me explore new challenges.
Puzzles, board games and good company is my favorite way to unplug and reset.
“Joey and I worked together on a MongoDB Atlas migration of a mission-critical workload at momox. He impressed the whole team—accurate, detail-oriented, documentation and preparation done exceptionally well. A real pleasure to work with.”
“I worked with Joey on several occasions on both small and big projects. He was a great person to have on your team, but where he stood out the most was that he was not only interested in learning the needs of the client but in putting in the effort to really understand them. This was a game-changer for complex projects. And as a team leader he was driving his team to do the same.”
Reach out for engineering, leadership, or plant tips on LinkedIn or GitHub.
