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title: "Samuel Alencar: software architecture and DevOps | WIP"
description: "Samuel Alencar, WIP consultant: software architecture, cloud and DevOps, with projects in Brazil, the United States, Sweden and the Netherlands."
url: https://workinprogress.company/team/samuel-alencar
updated: 2026-10-27
lang: en
---

WIP team

# Samuel Alencar: software architecture, cloud and DevOps

Samuel Alencar is a solutions architect and software engineer with 12 years in the industry, from frontend to backend and DevOps, and projects in Brazil, the United States, Sweden and the Netherlands.

**12 years** in the industry

Updated on October 27, 2026

 ![Portrait of Samuel Alencar](https://workinprogress.company/_astro/samuel-alencar.xKphWqss_Z1KAUiA.png)

## What is Samuel's experience?

Samuel holds a bachelor's degree in Computer Science and works end to end: frontend, backend, cloud and DevOps, with Java, React, Node.js, AWS, Kafka, Redis, Oracle and PostgreSQL.

Samuel was a full stack developer on a project for a US company and, from 2021, worked in Gothenburg, Sweden, as a senior software engineer on automotive telematics platforms and as a senior software and DevOps engineer at Volvo Cars. In the Netherlands, Samuel was a software specialist consultant and a senior engineer in retail.

Samuel also co-founded and ran a digital business from 2022 to 2025 and today leads a software architecture team.

## What is Samuel an expert in?

- Solutions and enterprise systems architecture
- Full stack software engineering with Java, React and Node.js
- DevOps and cloud computing on AWS
- Messaging and data with Kafka, Redis, Oracle and PostgreSQL
- Technical leadership in architecture

## What is Samuel's education?

- **Bachelor's degree in Computer Science**, UNIFG

## Which WIP services draw most on this experience?

The WIP services most connected to Samuel's experience:

Preparing for growth

### [WIP Scale](https://workinprogress.company/services/scale-readiness)

A campaign, a big client, or a launch is coming, and you don't know if your system can handle it.

quoted after assessment

Deploy to production

### [WIP Launch](https://workinprogress.company/services/deploy-to-production)

Your software works on your computer, but you don't know how to launch it safely and without surprises.

starting at US$ 470

Software modernization

### [WIP Modernize](https://workinprogress.company/services/software-modernization)

The system still keeps the business running, but it's outdated and fragile, and every change is expensive.

quoted after assessment

## Who else is on the WIP team?

-   [![](https://workinprogress.company/_astro/hermes-alves.CeI2XkeB_KHbp2.png)Hermes Alves 24 years · Software engineering, AI and GovTech](https://workinprogress.company/team/hermes-alves)
-   [![](https://workinprogress.company/_astro/jonathas-rangel.CBMuGzqK_Z1nqytz.png)Jonathas Rangel 16 years · Software engineering, product and AdTech](https://workinprogress.company/team/jonathas-rangel)
-   [![](https://workinprogress.company/_astro/jorge-fonseca.inFz23fN_Z2kC3MA.png)Jorge Fonseca 40 years · IT and AI solutions architecture](https://workinprogress.company/team/jorge-fonseca)
-   [![](https://workinprogress.company/_astro/rodrigo-lopes.C-ZYXXHB_ZcGAf6.png)Rodrigo Lopes 23 years · Critical infrastructure for IT and data centers](https://workinprogress.company/team/rodrigo-lopes)

[See the full team](https://workinprogress.company/team)

## Start with a diagnosis

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