CognitionFDE
2026 — PresentSao Paulo, BR
Thiago Diniz I’m a software engineer who loves building products and teams. 2x founder: CTO @ Hent (YC W20) | CEO @ Eventick (acq. by Sympla) bsky: https://t.co/JmMLcdZBXu
Thiago Diniz I’m a software engineer who loves building products and teams. 2x founder: CTO @ Hent (YC W20) | CEO @ Eventick (acq. by Sympla) bsky: https://t.co/JmMLcdZBXu
2026 — PresentSao Paulo, BR
Dec 2025 — Oct 2026New York, United States
We work on a large-scale advertising platform reaching 100M+ users and handling hundreds of thousands of requests per minute. As a senior individual contributor, I build and scale backend systems for high-traffic, production-critical workloads.
Aug 2019 — Jan 2024Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Leading the development and scaling of a Ruby on Rails-based SaaS platform and banking infrastructure, handling over BRL 30M transacted per month. Collaborating with all departments to define company and team OKRs, as well as shaping the product roadmap.
May 2018 — Apr 2019Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Spearheaded the end-to-end launch of an innovative advertising platform aimed at driving in-store visits for SMBs by connecting online campaigns with offline conversions. Collaborated closely with engineering, data science, and marketing teams to define the product vision, strate
Mar 2016 — May 2018Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Led a comprehensive redesign of the ChefsClub app and website in close collaboration with product and design teams, significantly improving user experience and boosting retention. Directed a major refactor of ChefsClub’s Ruby on Rails web application, enhancing system stability,
Sep 2014 — Dec 2015
Nov 2011 — Mar 2014Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Built Eventick into Brazil’s leading self-service ticketing platform. Selected to pitch at the 2012 Dublin Web Summit, among 100 startups invited to the START program by F.ounders.