About
A developer who also ran the department.
I'm Wicttor. I write code for a living and have since 2011. For more than 3 of those years I also managed the people writing it, and I kept coding every day through that too.
That mix is the useful part. I can own the architecture, and I can also tell you what the project will cost and who should build it.
The short version
I started building websites for agencies in Salvador, Brazil, in 2011. 7 years and 150+ sites later, I moved to Canada.
In Canada I went from senior developer to Web Development Manager in 5 months, at a design agency that was growing fast. I hired developers, wrote the QA process, built the in-house framework and sat in the weekly budget meeting.
Then I went back to full-time engineering, on bigger systems: NBA and NHL work at Art & Science, and SSO, AWS and multi-site platforms at Newcom Media.
These days a lot of my attention goes to AI coding agents. I think they're good, and I think most teams run them with too little structure. So I built the structure and published it.
I also have a law degree and was admitted to the Brazilian Bar. It probably explains why I read the contract and write the spec down.
The long version
2005 to 2012
Public service and civic leadership, Bahia
Director of communications for student and youth organizations, then Director of the Youth Public Policies Division for the city of Lauro de Freitas and president of its Municipal Youth Council. It's where I first led teams and worked with government stakeholders.
2011 to 2018
Freelance developer, Salvador
150+ websites as JavaJunkie, mostly WordPress, as a third party for agencies and directly for companies from small businesses to government-related organizations. I also studied law at the same time, and was admitted to the Brazilian Bar in 2017.
2018 to 2022
RC Design, Newmarket
I moved to Canada in August 2018 and joined as Senior Full-Stack Developer. 5 months later I was leading the Web Development department: 4 to 5 developers, hiring, QA, estimates, and the hospital portals during the vaccine rollout.
2022
Industrial Inc., Ottawa
Web Development Manager for a team of 3 at a WordPress and WooCommerce shop. I advised sister company Wicket on connecting both to its platform.
2022 to 2023
Art & Science, Toronto
Senior Full-Stack Developer. Websites for clients including the NBA and NHL, with WordPress, Shopify, React, Next.js and Nuxt.js.
2023 to 2026
Newcom Media, Toronto
Senior Web Developer. Client platforms in WordPress, Laravel and React, the company's AWS infrastructure, and Okta and Auth0 SSO for financial clients.
2026
Open-source AI tooling
Arreio, Software Forge and PWRL Skills, published on npm, plus Margin, a desktop markdown editor.
Practical details
Working with me
Where
- Toronto, Eastern time. Remote for more than a decade, and happy to come to your office in the GTA.
Training
- Certificate in Agile Project Management, University of Toronto, 2023. LL.B., Estácio, 2016.
Need the formal version? Read my resume.
Got a project, a backlog, or a pitch next week?
Tell me what you're working on. I'll reply with questions, then a written scope. Rates and estimates on request.