AI Engineer · building agents, MCP servers & hardware projects · Google Student Ambassador 2026 · Trainee @ Lightera · Software Engineering @ PUCPR

I'm passionate about building AI systems that deliver real impact — balancing automation with empathy and usability. Right now I'm deep into agentic workflows, MCP servers, and open-source hardware — from smartwatches to automation hubs.

• 🔴 Google Student Ambassador 2026 — selected for Google's student ambassador program; learning about AI, exploring the Gemini ecosystem and sharing knowledge with other students
• 🎙️ Momento Indústria (IEL Paraná) — live radio talk on Jovem Pan FM & CBN Curitiba about youth employability and internships, telling my journey: Colégio SESI → intern → IEL Talents Award winner → Trainee
• 🎓 Perplexity AI Business Fellowship — exclusive program collaborating globally with AI innovators
• 📄 Academic Publication — research paper on AI Agents for Microentrepreneurs via WhatsApp (social impact & digital inclusion)
• 🏆 IEL Innovation Award 2025 — winner, "Innovative Intern - Large Company" category (Paraná regional stage)
• 🎮 Global Game Jam Winner — "Capybara BubbleGum", highlighted by Curitiba's city officials
• 📰 Newsletter — "Bora falar de IA?", 400+ subscribers, monthly AI insights for Brazilian professionals

⌚ b0r4-watch — open-source personal smartwatch on the LILYGO T-Watch S3 (SX1262 915 MHz): ESP32/LVGL firmware + Python agent server (FastAPI) with voice AI, music and home automation.

🔌 mcp-wordpress — MCP server for the WordPress REST API: manage pages, posts, shortcodes and Elementor content from your agent. Powers the Curitiba Comedy Club site — where I also perform stand-up.

🎯 gupy-candidate-mcp — MCP server (PT-BR) that helps candidates apply to jobs on the Gupy platform.

🔊 discord-soundboard-bot — Discord soundboard bot: plays sounds in call, adds new ones via /adicionar (yt-dlp).

💡 rgb-hub — terminal automation hub for RGB lights (Tuya local) — no cloud, no app; syncs with screen and audio.

🚗 ka-obd-lab — OBD-II/telemetry reading from a Ford Ka 2017, evolving into CAN bus reverse engineering.

Colégio SESI → intern at Lightera → IEL Talents Award 2025 → Trainee at Lightera, where I've earned the Data Cabling Systems (DCS) Pro and Fiber Network Solutions Pro certifications — learning how optical infrastructure (fibers, OTDRs, submarine cables) powers the digital world behind AI and cloud. I shared this path on the radio at Momento Indústria (see Highlights).

flowchart LR
    subgraph IDEAS["Idea"]
        A[Problem or opportunity]
    end
    subgraph BUILD["Build"]
        B[Agents & MCP servers]
        C[Python backend - FastAPI]
        D[Firmware - ESP32 / LVGL]
    end
    subgraph SHIP["Ship"]
        E[Open-source repo]
        F[Documentation & ADRs]
        G[Community feedback]
    end
    A --> B --> C
    A --> D
    B --> E
    C --> F
    D --> F
    E --> G
    G --> A

AI & Agents: CrewAI, LangChain, Smolagents, LangFlow, LlamaIndex, MCP, OpenAI API, Perplexity API, Claude, Transformers, Hugging Face

Backend: Python, Django, FastAPI, SQL, REST APIs, Microservices, WebSockets, MQTT

Cloud & Infrastructure: Azure AI Studio, AWS, Docker, Linux, GPON/FTTx Networks

Frontend: React.js, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Streamlit

Hardware: ESP32, Arduino, LVGL, PlatformIO, OBD-II/CAN, LoRa (SX1262)

Methodologies: Agile, Scrum, Software Product Ownership, Remote Team Management

"Every bug is a chance to innovate; every audience is a new peer network." ✨

Let's Connect:

• 💼 LinkedIn
• 📰 Newsletter: Bora falar de IA?
• 📧 leonardo.bora@outlook.com
• 🏠 Curitiba, PR, Brazil (UTC-3)