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title: "Welcoming Fabio Kubo, our new Software Engineer"
description: "Resend announces Fabio Kubo as a new software engineer joining its software engineering team. With more than 10 years of experience, Kubo has helped scale products to millions of customers at iFood and Nu, and he will bring that experience to Resend as the platform grows. He says the product, rapid growth, technical challenges, and fully public handbook attracted him, with the company’s values, culture, working style, and transparency resonating particularly strongly. Kubo also discusses customer feedback as a source of motivation, names Notion and multi-cursor editing as favorite tools, and advises ambitious engineers to learn how they learn and understand underlying concepts when navigating new domains, technologies, and tools."
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# Welcoming Fabio Kubo, our new Software Engineer

[Resend](https://yomu.fyi/company/resend) · Aug 12, 2026

**Type:** Announcement

## Summary

Resend announces Fabio Kubo as a new software engineer joining its software engineering team. With more than 10 years of experience, Kubo has helped scale products to millions of customers at iFood and Nu, and he will bring that experience to Resend as the platform grows. He says the product, rapid growth, technical challenges, and fully public handbook attracted him, with the company’s values, culture, working style, and transparency resonating particularly strongly. Kubo also discusses customer feedback as a source of motivation, names Notion and multi-cursor editing as favorite tools, and advises ambitious engineers to learn how they learn and understand underlying concepts when navigating new domains, technologies, and tools.

## Context

Fabio Kubo joins Resend’s software engineering team after more than 10 years of experience scaling products at iFood and Nu.

## Takeaways

- Kubo has helped scale products to millions of customers during his previous work at iFood and Nu.
- Resend’s product, rapid growth, technical challenges, and fully public handbook influenced Kubo’s decision to join.
- Kubo recommends practicing how to learn and understanding underlying concepts when navigating new domains, technologies, and tools.

## FAQ

### What attracted Fabio Kubo to Resend?

He was drawn to Resend’s product, rapid growth, and the technical challenges of supporting that growth. The company’s public handbook, values, culture, working style, and transparency also strongly resonated with him.

### What keeps Kubo motivated in his work?

Staying close to the people using the product helps him remember its purpose. Customer complaints, praise, suggestions, and enjoyment of new features all contribute to his motivation.

### What advice does Kubo give ambitious software engineers?

He recommends learning how to learn and finding the method that works best personally. He also says understanding underlying concepts helps engineers navigate new domains, technologies, and tools.

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- Source: [Resend](https://resend.com/blog/welcoming-fabio-kubo)
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