👋 Hi, I'm Kelson Menezes

🧠 Senior Software Engineer | Distributed Systems Architect | Tech Lead

Building high-performance, scalable, and resilient systems for financial and mission-critical environments.

With 15+ years of experience, I specialize in event-driven architectures, high-throughput data pipelines, and cloud-native microservices, combining strong backend engineering with modern AI-driven workflows.

⚡ What I Do

• Design and build distributed systems at scale
• Architect event-driven platforms (Kafka, MQ, streaming)
• Develop high-performance APIs (REST, gRPC, GraphQL)
• Optimize batch processing (millions/billions of records)
• Integrate Generative AI into real systems
• Support pre-sales, architecture decisions, and technical leadership

🧩 Core Stack

🚀 Languages & Frameworks

🏗️ Architecture & APIs

• Microservices & DDD (Hexagonal Architecture)
• Event-Driven Architecture & Saga Pattern
• REST, gRPC, GraphQL
• Avro, Protobuf, Schema Registry

⚡ Messaging & Streaming

• Kafka, RabbitMQ, IBM MQ

☁️ Cloud & DevOps

• AWS, Azure, OpenShift
• CI/CD pipelines, containerized environments

🗄️ Databases & Data

• Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB
• High-performance data modeling & processing

🤖 AI & Modern Engineering

• Spring AI, OpenAI, Claude
• MCP (Model Context Protocol – servers/clients)
• AI automation with Python & N8N
• GenAI-assisted development workflows

🔐 Blockchain & Cryptography

• Solidity, Ethereum, Bitcoin
• Cryptography: AES, RSA, DUKPT, HSM
• Rust & Go for crypto systems

📊 Observability & Resilience

• Micrometer, OpenTelemetry
• Resilience4J, Circuit Breakers, Retry patterns
• Rate limiting (Bucket4J)

🌍 Domains & Impact

• 💳 Financial Systems (Clearing, Settlement, Middleware)
• 📡 Distributed Event Processing
• ☁️ Cloud-native platforms
• 🤖 AI-powered systems & integrations
• 📚 Digital repositories (DSpace, OJS)

🧠 Engineering Mindset

• Clean Architecture & scalability-first design
• Performance optimization & concurrency
• Production-ready systems thinking
• Strong ownership, communication & leadership

🌎 Connect with Me

• 💼 LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/kelson-anthony
• 🧑‍💻 GitHub: https://github.com/kelsonthony

⭐ "I build systems that scale, evolve, and handle real-world complexity."