Marcelo Cintra

Marcelo Cintra has extensive work experience in the field of software engineering. Marcelo is currently employed at Coinbase as a Staff Software Engineer, where they are responsible for building a real-time crypto insights platform. Prior to Coinbase, Marcelo worked at meemo as a Software Engineer, where they implemented the innovative 1-N meemo links feature that contributed to the company's initial user growth.

Before joining meemo, Marcelo was at Snap Inc. as a Software Engineer. During their time there, they played a key role in the launch of Snap Search, dynamic stories streaming, live streaming, and the app redesign that introduced the Discover Feed. Marcelo also co-led the implementation of streaming playback for various types of stories, reducing data waste and achieving low video playback latency.

Marcelo's previous experience includes working at New Relic, Inc. as a Senior Software Engineer, contributing to various projects, including public speaking engagements. Marcelo also worked at Intel Corporation as a Research Scientist, where they developed programming language extensions and runtime support for Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) programming. Additionally, they worked on optimizing code for a co-designed processor, resulting in significant performance improvements.

Early in their career, Marcelo worked as a System Software Intern at Sun Microsystems, where they integrated a dynamic compiler into a research VM and developed an interpreter for testing compiler optimizations. Marcelo also served as a Lecturer in Computer Science at Catholic University of Brasilia and Dom Bosco, where they taught undergraduate courses and directed regional programming contests.

Marcelo's work experience also includes a role as a System Software Engineer at Mindspeed Technologies, where they analyzed workloads, optimized performance, and implemented bug fixes in a production C compiler. Marcelo also set up an automated regression testing system to monitor the quality of the compiler's output code.

Overall, Marcelo Cintra has a diverse background in software engineering, with a focus on developing innovative features, optimizing performance, and contributing to large-scale projects in various companies.

Marcelo Cintra obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from the Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, where they studied from 1994 to 1997. Marcelo then pursued a Master's Degree in Computer Science at the Universidade Estadual de Campinas from 1998 to 2000. Continuing their educational journey, Marcelo completed their Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Computer Science at UC Irvine from 2008 to 2015.