I build the software systems that companies depend on.
I am Handerson Gomes. Alvorada Labs is my private consulting practice. I partner with growth-stage companies, startups, and agencies to design and build cloud infrastructure, AI pipelines, backend architecture, cybersecurity, IoT integrations, and distributed systems — from first commit to production scale.
Over two decades of building at the frontier of each major technology wave: ML pipelines before the term existed, NLP-powered education tools before LLMs, IoT cloud infrastructure before "AI" was a selling point, now AI agents and RAG systems. The pattern is consistent: arrive early, build it right, make it last.
The hardest technical problems are never purely about one layer. They live at the intersection — between hardware and cloud, between data and inference, between architecture and execution. Most engineers specialize in one layer. I operate across the stack and across the timeline, because the best systems are designed with the whole picture in mind.
// THE POSITIONING STATEMENT
Alvorada Labs is the technical partner well-funded companies bring in when the software layer needs to be right the first time — and the person leading it needs to have done this before.
Technical Focus Areas
I operate across the boundaries that divide hardware, distributed backend systems, and production AI.
Firmware & IoT Bridges
Connecting physical hardware safely to the cloud. I design BLE interfaces, stable gateway protocols, Raspberry Pi integrations, and firmware communication bridges that prevent packet loss and handle unstable network environments gracefully.
Cloud Infrastructure & Backend
Scalable, secure, and production-grade architectures. Designing database schemas, resilient API layers (FastAPI/Node), and automated AWS infrastructure built with robust cybersecurity practices to prevent vulnerabilities and scale without outages. HIPAA-adjacent designs for clinical workflows.
AI Pipelines & RAG Systems
Pragmatic machine learning deployed into production. I build data retrieval pipelines, customized Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) engines, and machine learning inference pipelines (e.g., AWS Bedrock) optimized for accuracy and low latency.
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Whether you are a startup needing a core system built right the first time, or an agency looking for an expert subcontractor, let's connect directly.