Engineering and aerial surveying firm serving Brazilian infrastructure projects
Engefoto operates a 40-year-old civil engineering and geomatics consultancy with in-house aerial surveying capabilities (owned aircraft, photogrammetry equipment) serving public and private infrastructure clients across Brazil and neighboring countries. The tech stack mixes legacy project-management tools (Microsoft Project, Oracle Primavera, AutoCAD Civil 3D) with modern web foundations (PostgreSQL, PostGIS, React, Ruby on Rails), suggesting a gradual digital modernization effort. Current hiring acceleration is heavily weighted toward junior engineering roles (11 of 25 open positions), indicating workforce expansion for delivery capacity rather than senior technical transformation.
Engefoto was founded in 1980 as a transport engineering and geomatics consultancy. The firm operates across two primary service lines: ground-based topographic and geodesic surveys (transverse/leveling, GPS positioning, planialtimetric mapping), and aerial surveying with proprietary high-resolution photogrammetry and laser sensor coverage. Clients span federal, state, and municipal government agencies alongside private companies throughout Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, and Paraguay. The in-house technical team includes civil engineers, cartographic engineers, surveying engineers, geologists, agronomists, systems analysts, pilots, and laboratory technicians. The organization maintains its own aircraft fleet customized for aerial survey missions.
Project management: Microsoft Project, Oracle Primavera. Design/CAD: AutoCAD, Civil 3D, BIM. Backend: PostgreSQL, PostGIS, SQL Server, Ruby on Rails. Frontend: React, Hotwire, Turbo, Stimulus, Bootstrap, OpenLayers. Version control: Git, GitHub.
Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. The firm was established in July 1980 and remains privately held with 201–500 employees.
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