Thiago Barbosa

Stockholm, Sweden

Tech leader with a passion for building great products

TB

About

Engineering leader and technical co-founder with 10+ years building and scaling software products, from crew-scheduling systems for airlines to 0-to-1 startups. Founded and led engineering at Acamp through a successful acquisition, and currently manage AI/LLM engineering teams at Tendium. Open to Senior Engineering and hands-on Engineering Manager roles where I can support technical strategy, stay close to the code, and build high-performing teams.

Work Experience

Tendium AI
Stockholm, Sweden
Aug 2025 - Present

Engineering Manager

Manage the engineering team building Tendium's LLM-based pipelines for processing public sector procurement documents, plus the customer-facing frontend product. Own technical strategy, hiring, and hands-on development across AI pipeline and product engineering.
Python
TypeScript
AI
LLM
Rag
GraphQL
PostgreSQL
Anthropic
OpenAI
Gemini
Moonrate AI
Stockholm, Sweden
Jan 2025 - Aug 2025

Co-founder

Co-founded an AI-powered hotel comparison platform, taking users from 100 open browser tabs to a single, confident booking decision. Built the full product solo end-to-end (frontend and backend), including AI-driven web scraping and dynamic page generation based on user preferences.
TypeScript
Next.js
MongoDB
Puppeteer
LLM
AI
Vercel AI SDK
OpenAI
Anthropic
Google
Acamp
Stockholm, Sweden
Nov 2020 - Dec 2024

CTO and co-founder

Co-founded and led engineering for a European marketplace connecting campers with landowners and small business hosts, from idea to acquisition. Owned technical strategy and product development, leading engineering across backend, frontend, iOS, and Android. In 2022 we acquired Stellplatz, Scandinavia's leading community-driven camping app.
Java
Kotlin
TypeScript
React/Next.js
Node.js
GraphQL
MySQL
Kubernetes
HolidayPirates
Berlin, Germany
Feb 2019 - Nov 2020

Head of Software Engineering

Progressed from Head of CRM to Head of SEO, then moved into engineering leadership as Head of Software Engineering. Led the engineering team for a human-curated travel deals platform.
TypeScript
React/Next.js
Node.js
GraphQL
MySQL
Typo3 and Contentful
Pmweb (part of WPP Group)
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Nov 2013 - Jan 2019

Marketing Technology Manager

Managed a 25-person team delivering marketing automation solutions for enterprise clients including Walmart, LATAM Airlines, and Lenovo. Served on Oracle Marketing Cloud's Product Council (2016-2018) following the company's acquisition by Responsys/Oracle, shaping product roadmap with global stakeholders.
Oracle Responsys
Salesforce suite
HTML
CSS
Javascript
Python
Gol Airlines
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Aug 2010 - Nov 2013

Business Analyst

Designed and implemented technology-driven process improvements, including Fatigue Risk Management and Crew Scheduling Optimization systems, in partnership with Lufthansa Systems.
IBM Global Business Services
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Dec 2009 - Jul 2010

Systems Support & Security

Supported systems security and data migration for the merger of Santander Bank and Banco Real, forming one of Brazil's largest financial institutions. Focused on data quality, process development, and security best practices.

Education

Mackenzie Presbyterian University

2009 - 2012
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2018
Professional Certificate in Engineering Leadership

The Wharton School

2018
Executive Education in Management Fundamentals

Tech stack I mostly worked with

JavaScript
TypeScript
Node.js
React
Next.js
AI
LLM
RAG
Java
Kotlin
Spring Boot
Python
GraphQL
MySQL
MongoDB
Redis
Kubernetes
Google Cloud Platform

Projects

Acamp

A platform that helps people find and book camping spots in Europe, connecting campers with landowners and small businesses Hosts.

React
Next.js
Java
Kotlin
GraphQL
MySQL
Kubernetes

Stellplatz App

The most popular community-driven app for campers in Scandinavia. My team and I were responsible for the acquisition and expansion to new European markets.

Swift
Kotlin
UIKit
SwiftUI

Documentry

AI-powered Typescript library that uses LLM models to understand your Next.js API routes and automatically generate detailed OpenAPI documentation based on its source code.

TypeScript
AI
LLM
API
OpenAPI
Next.js

Markify

Typescript library to convert web pages and HTML snippets into well-structured Markdown content, making it easy to integrate them into LLM processing pipelines.

TypeScript
Markdown
Converter
LLM

AI Chatbot with Redis

A Nextjs-based LLM chatbot that uses Redis to store and retrieve user messages.

TypeScript
React
Next.js
Redis
AI
LLM

Github Package Proxy

A proxy application that allows you to publicly share Maven Packages registered on Github Packages

Javascript
Express
Docker

Quorum API

API that provides public spending data for the members of the São Paulo City Council

Java
Kotlin
Spring Boot
MySQL
App Engine

Brazilian Who Code

Open sourced directory of accomplished Brazilians in the tech industry

TypeScript
React
Next.js
GraphQL
Twitter API

Theme Switcher for Next.js

A beautifully designed theme switcher component for Next.js applications.

TypeScript
React
Next.js

GitHub Issues on Google Tasks

A Google Script that creates and updates a Google Task for your Github Issues

Javascript
Google Apps Script
Github API
Google Tasks API

MemeTab

A Chrome Extension that replaces your new tab with a random meme. Because why not?

Javascript
Chrome Extension
Reddit API