Software engineer, former founder, Brazil
Felipe Alvarenga
Twenty years building financial systems, from trading desks at BTG Pactual to AI accounting for small businesses at Bags.
Now
Senior Staff Software Engineer at Bags, a New York fintech, working remotely since July 2024. I architected the core backend: the QuickBooks integration, AI transaction classification, and the infrastructure that lets one account run many businesses.
I hold the CFP® certification. Having written trading systems and passed the financial planner exam shapes how I design money software.
Track record
- Bags, New York (remote)Senior Staff Software Engineer. Core backend, AI classification, multi-business infrastructure.
- HublaSenior Engineering Manager and Senior Staff Engineer.
- ProviSenior Engineering Manager.
- IperumCTO.
- Vety, founderCEO and CTO. Angel-funded veterinary platform used by more than 350 veterinarians.
- BTG PactualTrading platforms for one of Latin America's largest investment banks.
For press and podcasts
I give interviews and written quotes on fintech engineering, AI in accounting, and building software companies in Brazil. English or Portuguese. Three stories I can speak to:
- The engineer who became a financial planner. Why I took the CFP® exam after years of writing trading code, and what it changed about the systems I build.
- Teaching a model to read a bank statement. How AI transaction classification works for small businesses at Bags, where it fails, and why accountants still matter.
- Lessons from Vety. Four years as a founder, 350 veterinarians, angel money, and what I would not do again.
Short bio, one paragraph: Felipe Alvarenga is a Senior Staff Software Engineer at Bags and a former founder and CTO. Over twenty years he has built trading platforms at BTG Pactual, founded the veterinary platform Vety, and led engineering at Provi, Hubla, and Iperum. He is a CFP® professional and lives in Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro.