Lorival Smolski Chapuis

Tech Lead at company Kuehne + Nagel in Porto, Portugal
Java | Cybersecurity | Kanban | DevOps

Hey sudo? I'm Lorival, married, I have 2 cute little kitten (Maria Leopoldina and Thor), I like to play video games and play electric guitar in my spare time, I'm an artificial intelligence enthusiast and I have two passions, my family and software development, where I've worked since 2005.

I love being constantly studying good practices, new technologies and simple ways to solve complex problems.

Companies I worked for

as a software engineer


  • I started as a junior developer and worked on one of the largest library systems in Brazil, MultiAcervo.
    GeneXus | C# WinForms | PG-SQL
    Joinville, Brazil
  • I worked as a mid-level and later senior software engineer, technical lead, and architect at one of the world's largest news and financial companies.
    C# ASP.NET | Java Spring MVC | AngularJS | OracleDB
    Joinville, Brazil
  • As a co-owner, I worked as a senior software engineer and technical lead at one of Brazil's largest digital marketing agencies, mainly developing solutions for IOS and Android applications.
    C# ASP.NET Core | Titanium SDK | AWS | SQL-Server
    Joinville, Brazil
  • I worked as a technical lead and later as a solutions architect at the most comprehensive SaaS platform for small and medium-sized businesses in Brazil.
    Java SpringBoot | AWS | PG-SQL
    Joinville, Brazil
  • I worked as a senior software engineer on the leading SaaS platform in the USA for contact center, unified communication, and artificial intelligence.
    Ruby | AWS | MongoDB
    Porto, Portugal
  • I worked as a senior software engineer and technical lead at Critical Techworks, a BMW group company focused on developing software for cars of the future.
    Java Quarkus | AWS | PG-SQL
    Porto, Portugal
  • I work as a technical lead and architect at the world's largest maritime logistics company.
    Java SpringBoot | Openshift | OracleDB
    Porto, Portugal

Other activities

and projects


  • PC Maintenance (2003-2005)
    I began my IT career working as a computer technician, configuring networks, and assembling and formatting computers.
  • SID Schools (2005)
    I started teaching basic computer skills, web design, and programming. Later on, I worked as an instructor in other companies, focusing on short courses lasting 2 to 3 months.
  • Joinville Dojo (2009-2011)
    Together with Guilherme Oenning, we created a Coding Dojo group in our city. During this period, we organized events at universities and companies that hosted us.
  • Scientific Papers (2010-2011)
    With Master Paulo Bousfield, we wrote and published 2 short papers applying artificial neural networks, one of which was presented in Germany and the other published in CSBC.
  • Bit2Bit (2011-2015)
    I won a competition with more than 1000 potential companies and founded my first company, Bit2Bit. It was closed when I became a co-owner in another company, eSauce.
  • Instaurant (2014-2016)
    With my partners from eSauce, we created Instaurant, "your order in an instant." It's an app that allows you to place orders directly at the restaurant table, increasing order efficiency.
  • Opentech and Gofind (2018-2019)
    I did two consulting projects that I enjoyed. The first was helping with the use of a microservices ecosystem at Opentech, and the second was creating an alpha version of a tool for Gofind using deep learning.
  • Move to Portugal (2019)
    With my wife and our two cats, we crossed the ocean to experience a new phase of life, working and living in Portugal, where I started at Talkdesk.
  • Full Stack Hacker (2022)
    I restarted the Full Stack Hacker blog, where I share technical knowledge and best practices about software development.
  • Guidelines4Dev (2023)
    I initiated a project with the goal of creating an online book of guidelines for developers.