Philip Scheer

Open to remote opportunities · São Paulo, Brazil (GMT-3)

I turn ideas into low-cost, high-performance products.

Engineering & Technology Manager and Solutions Architect. I help companies scale real-time platforms, reduce cloud costs and connect engineering strategy to business outcomes.

Across 20+ years in technology — 10+ leading cross-functional, remote-first teams — I connect strategy, architecture and hands-on engineering to ship software that scales without scaling cost. I have led squads of 80+ people and a portfolio of R$26M+ in technology projects across finance, sports-tech, retail and pharma.

Built and led at:99 (a DiDi company)Dell TechnologiesDexcoAccenture / AvanadeRestoque

Target roles:Engineering ManagerHead of EngineeringHead of TechnologyTechnology ManagerSolutions ArchitectTechnical Product Manager

1M+

concurrent users on a real-time platform, scaled 10x

-57%

operating cost after architecture redesign

80+

people led across cross-functional squads

R$26M+

technology project portfolio delivered

Technical Leadership in Practice

Depth where it matters, clarity where it counts. These are the areas where I deliver as a technology leader — always connecting technical decisions to business results.

Software Architecture

Real-time systems (WebSockets, gRPC/Protobuf, pub/sub), event-driven design (Kafka, IBM MQ), microservices and API/BFF patterns. Architecture Review Boards, ADRs and reusable solution templates that cut delivery time across teams.

Cloud Cost Optimization & FinOps

Architecture redesigns that scale traffic 10x while cutting operating cost by half. FinOps practices, workload review, observability and spend predictability on AWS, Azure and GCP.

Engineering Team Management

Squads of 80+ people across product, engineering, data and design. Roadmaps, delivery cadence, stakeholder management and an engineering culture built on ownership and measurable outcomes.

Data Platforms & Analytics

Pipelines with Airflow and dbt, BigQuery, Redshift, CDC integration and decision-support analytics. Data governance and product metrics that turn raw data into executive decisions.

AI Applied to Engineering

Generative AI for process automation, NLP chatbots in production, and AI-assisted development workflows — with validation, governance and human review built in.

DevOps, SRE & Observability

CI/CD governance, Docker, Prometheus, resilient HTTP clients, caching strategies and zero-downtime migrations. Reliability as a feature, not an afterthought.

Two ways to work together

Hiring a technology leader, or need senior help on a specific problem? Pick the path that fits.

For recruiters & hiring managers

Full-time remote leadership role

Engineering Manager, Head of Engineering or Head of Technology for a remote-first team — international companies preferred.

  • GMT-3 with daily overlap with the US and Europe
  • Fluent English, native Portuguese, intermediate German
  • Leading distributed teams since 2017 across the US, China and Brazil

For companies · Scheer Tecnologia

Consulting & dedicated teams

Targeted engagements through my consultancy when you need senior architecture and engineering leadership without a full-time hire.

  • Architecture and cloud cost diagnostic (FinOps)
  • Solution architecture and dedicated engineering teams
  • AI-assisted engineering adoption with governance and quality gates