Paulo Albuquerque

Paulo Albuquerque is a Co-founder and the Engineering Team Leader at Drip, a financial technology startup based in São Paulo, Brazil. Founded in 2021 and backed by the startup accelerator Y Combinator, the company develops a consumer finance platform that enables users to shop and pay in installments anywhere using the Pix instant payment network. Before launching this venture alongside co-founders who previously held leadership roles at Nubank, Albuquerque spent several years working as an Engineering Manager directing software development teams across the broader financial technology sector. His academic credentials include a bachelor's degree in Computer Science and a Master of Business Administration with a specialization in project management from Fucapi. Albuquerque's current professional focus centers on scaling Drip's core engineering infrastructure to support decentralized consumer credit and alternative payment solutions throughout the Brazilian retail market.