Arthur Silva

Forward Deployed Engineer and AI systems builder based in São Paulo. I take enterprise integrations from discovery and POC through implementation, evaluation, production launch and continuous improvement.

I build in Python, Go and TypeScript, connecting AI agents to live third-party systems with human approval gates where errors carry financial, regulatory or customer risk. My work includes 15+ MCP tool servers, model gateways and observability, payment and KYC workflows, data pipelines, and a bilingual voice-support flow using Twilio, local Whisper and Chatwoot.

Before moving full-time into AI engineering, I was Co-Founder and CEO of a licensed Brazilian real-money platform and previously led Brazil for Betway. That operating background helps me translate customer policies, compliance constraints and business outcomes into reliable technical systems—and explain results clearly to both executives and engineers.

Portuguese native; fluent English; working Spanish. Available for São Paulo-based and hybrid enterprise deployments.

Independent — AI Systems Builder | 2024–present

Build and operate production AI systems end to end: enterprise agents, MCP tool servers, model gateways, observability, data pipelines and regulated integrations. Shipped a live US$199 Stripe product, a bilingual voice-support line, and agents with human gates for payments and customer communications.

Stack: Python, Go, TypeScript, SQL, Docker, k3s, LiteLLM, Langfuse, BigQuery, PostgreSQL, Redis and Cloudflare.

ALFA Entretenimento S/A — Co-Founder & CEO | 2024–2026

Led a licensed Brazilian platform in the first federal licensing cohort. Selected and integrated the platform, payments, KYC/AML, CRM and data stack; directed the engineering team; built compliance and analytics workflows; managed enterprise suppliers, investors and cross-functional delivery.

Betway (SGHC) — Head of Brazil | 2021–2024

Owned the Brazil business through regulatory transition and the parent company's NYSE listing, with responsibility for P&L, suppliers, payments, marketing, compliance and executive reporting.

Yolo Group / Sportsbet.io — Head of Sports | 2019–2021

Built Brazil sports strategy and product localization from Estonia HQ; worked directly with product and engineering teams and led major commercial integrations.

188BET — Country Manager Brazil | 2014–2019

Built the Brazilian operation from zero, including local team, product localization, payments, CRM, partnerships and market growth.

LL.B. (Bachelor of Laws) — Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora / Instituto Metodista Granbery

Legal, regulatory and compliance foundation.

Executive MBA coursework, Digital Business — USP/ESALQ | 2024–2026

Coursework in digital strategy, AI, data governance and LGPD. Program in progress; degree not yet conferred.

Continuous technical development through production delivery in Python, Go, TypeScript, SQL, cloud infrastructure, LLM systems, observability and enterprise integrations.