Taylor Byk
Schinvelski

Full-stack engineer and tech lead with 6+ years shipping web, mobile, and serverless systems for startups and multinationals. I lead teams, architect end-to-end, and stay in the code.

Where I studied.

Formal foundations and continuing education.

2017 – 2023
B.Sc. in Computer Science
UNIOESTE — Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná
Thesis focused on neural networks and applied machine learning.
2021
Data Science in Python
University of Michigan

Work journey.

From product teams in Brazil to US studios.

  1. Feb 2026 – Current
    Lead Software Engineer·Sierra Studio
    Remote · Los Angeles, USA
    • Architecture, and hands-on delivery across web and AI-driven surfaces.
    TypeScriptReactNextJSNode.jsAWSLLMs
  2. Jan 2025 – Feb 2026
    Tech Lead·Comunitive
    Remote · Curitiba, Brazil
    • Drove the rewrite of the core platform while keeping the legacy product running.
    • Managed and mentored a team of developers; owned technical direction end-to-end.
    PostgreSQLTypeScriptVueNuxtPHPLaravelGCPAzure
  3. Feb 2023 – Jan 2025
    Senior Software Engineer·Bossa Nova Solutions
    Remote · Los Angeles, USA
    • Tech-lead + hands-on delivery through full project lifecycles.
    • Built cross-platform apps in React Native + AWS for US clients and consultancies.
    Node.jsPostgreSQLReactTypeScriptReact NativeExpoAWS AmplifyDynamoDB
  4. Feb 2022 – Feb 2023
    Full-Stack Engineer·Anthor
    Remote · Curitiba, Brazil
    • Refactored core systems into microservices using DDD.
    • Contributed to a payment gateway integrating multiple providers.
    • Led the onboarding / auth / registration rebuild across web, API, and mobile.
    Apache KafkaMongoDBMicroservicesTypeScriptTDDDDDNestJS
  5. Oct 2021 – Feb 2022
    Full-Stack Engineer·Controlsul
    Cascavel, Brazil
    • Led a greenfield full-stack rebuild using SSR, TypeScript, and Docker.
    • Ran a small team and maintained existing production systems.
    Node.jsNestJSTypeScriptPythonDockerPostgreSQLVueJSNextJSAWSReact
  6. Sep 2020 – Oct 2021
    Full-Stack Engineer·Loupen — Freshworks
    Cascavel, Brazil
    • Shipped full-stack features and REST / GraphQL integrations.
    • Built serverless architectures with Node.js + Serverless Framework on AWS.
    Node.jsPostgreSQLRuby on RailsReactAWSHTML / CSS / JS