Alejandro Do Nascimento
About Alejandro Do Nascimento
Alejandro Do Nascimento is a Senior Software Engineer with extensive experience in database migration and observability tools. He has worked at notable companies such as Timescale, New Relic, and Ticketmaster, contributing to various open-source projects and developing solutions for data transmission.
Work at Timescale
Alejandro Do Nascimento has been employed at Timescale as a Senior Software Engineer since 2022. In this role, he focuses on designing solutions that enable customers to efficiently transmit their data into TimescaleDB. He has also worked on tools that facilitate low-downtime migration between Timescale and Postgres databases, enhancing the user experience and operational efficiency.
Previous Experience in Software Engineering
Before joining Timescale, Alejandro held various software engineering positions. He worked at New Relic, Inc. as a Senior Software Engineer from 2018 to 2022, contributing to the development of software solutions. Prior to that, he was a Full Stack Developer at Social Point from 2014 to 2018. He also gained experience as a Software Engineer at Ticketmaster for eight months in 2013 and at Alcaldía de Sucre for one year in 2012.
Education and Expertise
Alejandro holds a Master's Degree in Information Technology Project Management from Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, which he completed from 2013 to 2014. He also earned a degree in Computer Science Engineering from Universidad Simón Bolívar, where he studied Software Design, Programming, and Database Administration from 2006 to 2012. His educational background supports his expertise in software development and project management.
Contributions to Open Source Projects
Alejandro has made significant contributions to various open-source projects, particularly in the area of telemetry. He played a key role in the development of Promscale, a unified metric and trace observability backend for Prometheus, Jaeger, and OpenTelemetry. His work focuses on ingesting and querying telemetry from open standards, which enhances the functionality and interoperability of software systems.