Leonardo Zanivan

Software Architect

Summary

  • Hands-on software architect building scalable SaaS platforms, with experience in identity, security, ERP, and PoS systems.
  • Managing AI agents and advancing AI-driven software factory practices to accelerate software delivery.
  • Architecture leadership spanning startup growth, enterprise scale, and collaboration across engineering and business teams.
  • Speaker at software development conferences such as QCon, JavaOne, and The Developers Conference.
  • Core contributor to Nono, an open-source security runtime for AI agents.
  • Open-source contributor to DuckDB, Hibernate, Spring, and Keycloak.

Core technologies: Java, Node.js, Go, Python, Rust, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MySQL, Cassandra, DynamoDB, Redis, Kafka, Elasticsearch, OpenTelemetry, Datadog, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, GCP.

Work Experience

Okta

okta.com

Senior Software Architect

January 2022 - Present

Managing AI agents and advancing an AI-driven software factory to accelerate software delivery. Applying software architecture and security expertise to AI-assisted development workflows.

Designing and building Auth0 with a focus on scalability, reliability, security, and efficiency on AWS and Azure. Established an engineering technology radar and guidelines, as well as SRE and DevOps procedures. Worked on infrastructure automation, performance tuning, event streaming, cost reduction, monolith decomposition, data privacy, and compliance requirements (PCI, SOC 2, HIPAA, and FedRAMP). Driving the long-term architecture strategy and collaborating with engineering and other cross-functional teams to achieve business goals.

Auth0 (acquired by Okta)

auth0.com

Software Architect

August 2018 - December 2021

Worked as a Software Architect on the engineering team, helping build and lead the IAM (Identity and Access Management) Core Foundations and User Management teams. Contributed to the company’s journey from startup to unicorn and its acquisition by Okta. Focused on scaling the SaaS identity platform to support millions of users and billions of authentications per month.

Aurea Software

aurea.com

Chief Software Architect

April 2016 - July 2018

Worked as Chief Software Architect on the engineering team, developing new features for multimillion-dollar products including CX API Manager, CX Dashboard, CX Messenger (Sonic MQ/ESB), CX Monitor (Actional), CX Process (Savvion BPM), ACE (GCE), LyrisHQ, PA5G, and Knowledge Marketing. Used a wide range of technologies to solve complex problems and deploy highly available SaaS solutions on AWS.

Trier Sistemas

triersistemas.com.br

Senior Software Architect

May 2014 - April 2016

Worked as a Senior Software Architect at one of Brazil’s largest providers of ERP and PoS software for pharmacies, collaborating with a team of 50+ developers to deliver a modern pharmacy back-office product. The work included migrating from on-premises deployments to a SaaS offering, introducing a multitenant microservices architecture, and bringing new features to market.

Betha Sistemas

betha.com.br

System Architect

August 2007 - April 2014

Started as an engineer and progressed to System Architect, designing and implementing a new product line for public services in more than 900 Brazilian cities. The solutions covered HR, planning, accounting, education, contract management, and taxpayer services. Introduced technologies and methodologies that supported the company’s next generation of SaaS products, impacting more than 200 developers and thousands of users. The company invested more than US$10 million in the project.

Education

IGTI (Faculdade XP)

MBA in Software Architecture

2013 - 2014

At IGTI, I learned from IT experts across Brazil working in a variety of industries. I applied this knowledge in my role as a software architect, helping the company adopt industry best practices.

FACIERC

BSc in Computer Information Systems

2008 - 2011

When I enrolled at FACIERC, I was already working as a software engineer at Betha Sistemas. My studies supported my career progression toward software architecture.