Paulo Borges
Documentation Engineer · Software Developer · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
I work at the intersection of software engineering and technical communication, building documentation systems, writing complex technical content, and engineering the tooling that makes both possible at scale.
Over 8+ years, I've owned the full lifecycle of documentation products: from migrating platforms and automating reference doc generation, to writing enterprise security guides from scratch and leading 15-person engineering teams.
What I do
Documentation Engineering: Platform migrations, CI/CD for docs, automation tooling, information architecture, release engineering.
Technical Writing: Enterprise feature documentation, conceptual guides, operational runbooks, API references.
Software Engineering: Event-driven systems, Python backend services, full-stack development.
Where I've worked
| Period | Role | Company |
|---|---|---|
| 2025–2026 | Technical Writer / Documentation Engineer | Redpanda |
| 2025 | Documentation Engineer | Kurrent (EventStoreDB) |
| 2021–2025 | Documentation Engineer | StackBuilders / Redpanda |
| 2020–2021 | Tech Lead | CSP Consultoria / Ipiranga |
| 2020 | Lead Salesforce Developer | CSP Consultoria / Ipiranga |
| 2017–2019 | Intern → Full Stack Developer | Radix Engenharia / Ipiranga |
Highlights
- Authored end-to-end Disaster Recovery documentation for Redpanda Shadowing (95% solo)
- Built Python + tree-sitter tooling to auto-generate docs for 2,000+ config properties from C++ source
- Led 15-person engineering team building a real-time Kafka-based order processing platform
- Architected Astro/Starlight migration at Kurrent, achieving 70% faster build times
- Pioneered Claude Code MCP integration for doc automation at Redpanda; writers now trigger automations via natural language
In this portfolio
- Case Studies: Deep dives into documentation projects with context, approach, and outcomes
- Writing Samples: Full documentation reproduced from Redpanda, converted to MDX