Erik Henrique Alves Cunha

ERIK(1)                    User Commands                    ERIK(1)


NAME
       erik — senior software engineer, frontend specialization

SYNOPSIS
       erik erik [ SENIOR|STAFF|PRINCIPAL]
                 [ IC|LEAD]
                 [ PAYMENTS|HEALTHCARE|AI-TOOLING|E-COMMERCE]
                 [ WORLDWIDE] []
                 [|]
                 [<target-stack> ...]

DESCRIPTION
       Senior software engineer, 8+ years. Started full-stack,
evolved into frontend architecture. Shipped production
systems across payments (PCI-DSS), healthcare, banking,
e-commerce, and ed-tech — Angular, React/Next.js, and
Stencil micro-frontends powering €1B+ in revenue.
Ranges across web, mobile (Ionic), and desktop (Electron).
Recently built a 12-agent AI engineering platform in
production. Currently embedded at Betsson (Malta, EU).
Senior/Staff/Principal track.


OPTIONS
       --seniority    Senior through Principal
--track        Individual contributor or technical lead
--domain       Strongest in regulated frontends (payments,
               healthcare, AI tooling); open to adjacent
--region       Worldwide; remote-first
--relocation   Open to relocating for the right role
--regulated    Specialty: PCI-DSS, healthcare, banking
--contract     Open to fixed-term or freelance
--ft           Open to full-time
--hire         Initiates handshake. See CONTACT.


EXAMPLES
       >$< erik --seniority STAFF --domain PAYMENTS --ft
>$< erik --track LEAD --domain AI-TOOLING --ft
>$< erik --seniority PRINCIPAL --region WORLDWIDE --relocation
>$< erik --contract --stack "TypeScript, micro-frontends, AI"


KNOWN BUGS
       - Occasionally rewrites a working component for clarity.
- Will not stop talking about bundle size.
- Sometimes ships the test before the feature.


AUTHOR
       Written by Erik Henrique Alves Cunha.
Report bugs to: erikhenriquealvescunha@gmail.com


SEE ALSO
       cv(1), github(1), linkedin(1), calendar(1)



v8.0                       2026-05-13                       ERIK(1)

drwxr-xr-x  erik  core  frontend-architecture
drwxr-xr-x  erik  core  performance-optimization
drwxr-x---  erik  core  security-mindset
drwxrwxrwx  erik  team  mentoring-juniors
-rw-r--r--  erik  team  written-knowledge-system
drwxr-xr-x  erik  team  ai-tooling
-rwx------  erik  self  taste-and-judgment

$ cat ~/.unknowns

# things i'm actively learning

- knowing when AI-assisted engineering is a force multiplier vs a debt accelerator
  (built the 12-agent system at betsson. also watched what it produces
 when nobody reads the diffs.)

- writing specs that someone else can ship without me in the room
  (the 35-page knowledge system was a start. specs are harder.
 "what i meant" is not what i wrote.)

- deciding what NOT to ship
  (the feature that doesn't ship is the one that doesn't cause an incident.
 learning to advocate for cuts.)

- opening a 1:1 with something other than "so, how's your week?"
  (the icebreaker question IS the conversation.
 learning to ask better ones.)

- learning to be wrong in public without making it the story
  (engineers who admit mistakes loudly are usually still making it about them.
 fix it, move on, stop performing the apology.)

# things i've chosen not to specialize in (yet)

- mobile native (ios/android beyond ionic)
  (shipped ionic for 5 OSes once. that was enough.)

- ML model training / research
  (applied-AI consumer, not researcher. the agents are the layer i own.)

- chasing the framework wars
  (i've shipped the same architecture pattern in 4 different syntaxes.
 the syntax was never the hard part.)

> open to roles that push me harder on any of the above.

$ cat ~/.guitar_rig
# updated 2026-05-13

GUITAR_MAIN       Gretsch G5655TG · Electromatic Center Block Jr · Bigsby
GUITAR_ALT        Martin acoustic
AMP               modeled · no tube in the chain
PEDALBOARD        Line 6 HX Stomp XL · amp + effects modeling

STYLE             feel / expression over noise · clean tones, lots of space
TUNING            standard E · sometimes drop D · never Eb
PRACTICE          jams, tones, live takes · guitarcam from the desk
GIGS              played live with a band · small venues
NEVER_LEARNED     reading staff notation · tabs only
LATEST_OBSESSION  Coldplay's "Yellow" — the simplicity is the hard part

INFLUENCES        in order:
                      1. John Mayer
                      2. Mateus Asato
                      3. Jimmy Page
                      4. John Frusciante
                      5. Iron Maiden's three (Murray · Smith · Gers)

JURISDICTION    STATUS                  EVIDENCE
================================================================
EU (MALTA)      WORK_AUTHORIZED         active employer (Betsson)
CA              CO_OP_GRADUATE          CICCC, Vancouver · 2023-2024
BR              CITIZEN                 native
WORLDWIDE       OPEN_TO_RELOCATION      considering opportunities

$cat ~/.credentials

ANGULAR_DEV     CERTIFIED       Alain Chautard (GDE Angular) · 2024
ENGLISH         IELTS_C1        band 6.5 (speaking & listening) · 2023
INTL_DEGREE     WES_VERIFIED    World Education Services · 2022

• -curated 10+ talks across DevOps, cloud infra, platform engineering, and architecture.
• -ran the full speaker cycle: CFP launch → review → selection → program design → day-of → wrap.
• -coordinated with speakers, sponsors, and co-organizers end-to-end.