Erick Wendel

Applied AI Engineer, Professor and Open Source Contributor São Paulo, Brazil
Languages: Portuguese (Native), English (Fluent), Spanish (Fluent)

Technical Skills

Languages & Core: JavaScript (ES6+), TypeScript, Node.js, HTML5/CSS3
AI & Systems: Generative AI APIs, LLM Orchestration, LangChain.js, RAG, Autonomous Agents, TensorFlow.js
DevOps & Cloud: Kubernetes (AKS), Azure Kubernetes Service, Docker, AWS, Microsoft Azure, Serverless, CI/CD, Linux
Diagnostics & Perf: OpenTelemetry, Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, Observability, Performance Tuning, Memory Leak Diagnostics

Experience

NodeSource 09/2025 – 04/2026
Applied AI Engineer (Staff), Performance Specialist Full-Time (Remote)
  • Built agentic diagnostic solutions using LangChain.js, MCP servers, and observability tools (Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, OpenTelemetry) to automatically correlate system telemetry and identify application bottlenecks.
  • Advised enterprise customers on software design, performance, and developer tooling; contributed directly to security monitoring features in the N|Solid runtime agent.
UNIPDS 09/2025 – Present
Postgraduate Coordinator & Instructor, Applied AI Engineering Lato Sensu Specialty
  • Coordinated and taught MEC-recognized postgraduate specialization in Applied AI, designing production-ready AI curricula.
  • Instructed advanced students on Generative AI APIs, LLM orchestrations (RAG, autonomous agents), and AI infrastructure.
EW Academy 02/2020 – 10/2025
Main Instructor & JS Specialist Founder
  • Trained over 100,000 developers globally, sold >10,000 tickets across 18 advanced JavaScript and Node.js courses.
  • Architected and deployed production Kubernetes clusters from scratch on Azure (AKS) hosting over 40 microservices.
  • Delivered 140+ keynotes in 25 countries (EN, ES, PT); first to record live rebuilding of Node.js engine core from scratch.
NodeSource 11/2021 – 04/2022
Senior Performance Engineer Part-Time (Remote)
  • Analyzed and troubleshot static JS source code, database queries, and Node.js architecture for high-performance scale.
Previous Experiences 05/2017 – 02/2020
Beetech Global, Horizon Four, Independent Architect São Paulo, Brazil
  • Beetech: Core Architect for remessaonline.com.br; resolved bottlenecks and built core services in Node.js.
  • Independent & Horizon Four: Provided Kubernetes/Serverless consulting for Microsoft, Gama, Opah, and others.

Open Source & Key Projects

Node.js Core (MockTimers API) pull/47775

Co-authored and introduced a new native MockTimers API into the Node.js test_runner core, allowing deterministic clock-mocking without side-effects.

Node.js Core (Child Process Queueing) pull/41221

Optimized child process IPC by queueing pending messages when communication channels are busy, resolving critical race conditions.

Educational project rebuilding the core of the Node.js runtime from scratch using V8, libuv, and custom C++/JavaScript bindings.

websockets-from-scratch websockets-from-scratch

Fully RFC-compliant native WebSocket protocol implementation from scratch in pure Node.js, without any external library wrappers.

JS Expert Week 8.0 (Video Pre-Processing) expert08-video-pre

A high-performance educational project demonstrating client-side video pre-processing in the browser before upload, leveraging Canvas and WebAssembly.

Trimly (AI Scheduling Assistant) ErickWendel/Trimly

An AI-powered scheduling assistant integrating Native Prompt, Translation, Text-to-Speech, and Speech-to-Text APIs to manage barber appointments effortlessly.

JS Expert Week 7.0 (Eye & Hand Control) expert07-eye-hand

Viral client-side computer-vision controller using TensorFlow.js to control media streaming platforms via gestures and eye-tracking.

fingerpose (3D Hand Gestures) pull/25

Contributed to the core fingerpose gesture recognition library, introducing fixes for hand coordinate tracking bounds in multi-hand tracking.

Honors & Achievements

7x Google Developer Expert (GDE) Web Technologies (2019 – Present)
9x Microsoft MVP Web Technologies (2017 – Present)
3x GitHub Star GitHub (2022 – 2024)
OpenJS Pathfinder Educator OpenJS Foundation (05/2023)
AWS Community Builder Amazon Web Services (10/2020)
First 50 JSNAD Certified Global Cert #140 (01/2020)