Maurício Aniche

Maurício Aniche, CTO of Alura,ex-{Uber, Adyen, Locaweb, TU Delft}, and published author.

Background. I got my PhD (2016) and MSc (2012) degrees in Computer Science at University of São Paulo, Brazil. I worked as a software developer for Locaweb, Emphasys, and VeriFone. I was a founding engineer at Alura, the largest educational platform for software engineers in Brazil.

Book author. I am the author of Effective Software Testing: A Developer's Guide (2022), and Simple Object-Oriented Design (2024), both published by Manning. I have also authored books on Test-Driven Development and on the SOLID principles, in Brazilian Portuguese.

Awards. I was among the top 20 active early-stage career software engineering researchers, as shown by a 2021 bibliometrics paper. I was also elected the 2021 TU Delft Teacher of the Year in Computer Science.

Latest News

  • Apr/26: I gave a keynote at DESIGNING 2026, co-located with ICSE 2026
  • Feb/26: I'm starting as the CTO of Alura. It's great to be back.
  • May/25: I'm joining Uber as a Staff Engineer in the São Paulo office.
  • Sept/24: We wrote a blog post about our test selection tooling at Adyen
  • Feb/24: I'm no longer part of TU Delft. Thanks for the fish!
  • June/23: I'll give a keynote at the SEN Symposium. What an honor!
  • Apr/23: My new book, "Simple Object-Oriented Design" is now on early access at Manning
  • November/22: I'll give a talk about effective software testing at JFall 2022, in Ede!
  • September/22: I'll give a talk about onboarding and upskilling engineers at DevLeaders 2022 in São Paulo!
  • May/22: I'll give a talk at TEQnation 2022!
  • April/22: My book is finally in print!
  • November/21: My new book, Effective Software Testing: A Developer's Guide, was just published by Manning. I hope you enjoy it!
  • October/21: I am now Adyen's Tech Lead. I reduced my work hours at TU Delft to 10%.
  • July/21: I was ranked among the top 20 most active early-stage career researchers in software engineering in a recent paper.
  • June/21: I was elected the Teacher of Year of both the Computer Science department and the entire EEMCS. I am honored!
  • May/21: We are proudly presenting 10 research papers at ICSE 21. Download the papers and see their short videos: https://www.mauricioaniche.com/icse21.
  • Dec/20: I was awarded with a TU Delft Education Fellowship due to my efforts in software testing education. I will develop a serious platform for software testing education. Stay tuned!