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kalimar/README.md

Kalimar Maia

Engineer · Product Leader · Systems Thinker

I work at the intersection of engineering, product, and customer impact — building systems that are clear, durable, and actually used.

My background blends software engineering, product leadership, and executive-facing program delivery. I’m drawn to complex environments where alignment matters as much as architecture.

Selected Work & Community Involvement

Terrastories

Early contributor helping get the project off the ground in its formative stage.
https://github.com/Terrastories/terrastories

Ruby for Good

Founding organizer. Helped build the initial structure and community that continues today.
https://github.com/kalimar/rubyforgood.com

Code & Coffee Northern Virginia

Founder. Built a local developer community focused on learning and collaboration.
https://github.com/NoVACodeCoffee/novacodecoffee.github.io

GitHub Support Bot

Recent exploration in agentic workflows and GitHub-native automation.
https://github.com/kalimar/github-support-bot

More experiments and writing live at:
👉 https://kalimar.github.io

Background

  • Deputy Program Manager / Product Lead in complex, high-visibility environments
  • Software engineering foundation
  • Experience aligning technical execution with executive stakeholders
  • Fluent in English 🇺🇸 and Portuguese 🇧🇷

Outside of Software

Founder of Mar-Mar Guitars — designing and building handcrafted electric instruments.
Precision matters, whether in code or in maple.

Build things that last. Simplify what doesn’t.

Pinned Loading

  1. github-support-bot github-support-bot Public

    A support bot where I can kick the tires on some GitHub functionality.

    JavaScript

  2. golv2 golv2 Public

    OO version of Game of Life with JavaScript

    JavaScript

  3. rubyforgood.com rubyforgood.com Public

    Forked from rubyforgood/rubyforgood.org--old

    Ruby for Good Website

    CSS

  4. Terrastories/terrastories Terrastories/terrastories Public

    Terrastories is an open-source geostorytelling application for mapping, managing and sharing place-based stories. The application is being co-created with Indigenous and other local communities to …

    Ruby 351 157

  5. NoVACodeCoffee/novacodecoffee.github.io NoVACodeCoffee/novacodecoffee.github.io Public

    The Official Nova Code & Coffee Website.

    SCSS 4 6