Personal Information
- Full Name
- João Pedro Pereira da Costa Portela
- City of Residence
- Porto, Portugal (Remote)
- Nationality
- Portuguese
- Mission
- Build well designed software, that make people's lives easier and more enjoyable.
- Technical Skills (Expert)
- JavaScript, TypeScript, NodeJS, React, Redux, Electron, MongoDB
- Technical Skills (Familiar)
- Golang, Rust, C++, HTML, CSS, Java, C, C#, PHP, SQL, Ruby, Python, CFML, Web APIs, Android, Rails, OpenGL, Less, Redis, RabbitMQ
Work Experience
- Position
- Lead Frontend Engineer
- Dates
- June 2020 - now
- Main activities
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- Development of the new web app for Fitbod, laying down the base technologies and architecture.
- Maintenance of the subscription and user management systems, admin application and email schedulers.
- Technologies
- TypeScript, JavaScript, NodeJS, Next.js, React, Storybook, MongoDB, Parse
- Employer
- Fitbod
- Position
- Senior Engineer
- Dates
- July 2015 - April 2020
- Main activities
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- Part of the team that created InVision Studio (Data, SVG and Sketch import, Publishing, Foundational work)
- Development of the Studio Platform (Plugin ecossystem) and Studio Runtime (frontend architecture framework)
- Development of Motion (which pivoted into Studio)
- Implementation of several features, bug fixes and performance improvements for the InVision main application (Slack API integration, Activity feed)
- Technologies
- JavaScript, TypeScript, NodeJS, Electron, SVG, Canvas, Golang, Redis, MongoDB, RabbitMQ, Docker, CFML, AWS (S3, SNS, SQS)
- Employer
- InVision
- Position
- Senior Developer
- Dates
- August 2014 - July 2015
- Main activities
-
Tech Lead on the Broadwand project, on a technical team with 2 members.
Responsible for designing the architecture and the implementation of 7 micro-services, 2 Android apps and 1 Firefox add-on.
- Technologies
- JavaScript, NodeJS, Redis, MongoDB, Firefox Addon SDK, Android
- Employer
- Imaginary Cloud
- Position
- Front-End Developer
- Dates
- September 2012 - August 2014
- Main activities
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Development of the frontend layer of the Betfair Sportsbook, having been involved on it since the first day of its inception.
Tech Lead for the Google Analytics project and a member of the Frontend Architecture Group.
- Technologies
- HTML, CSS, JavaScript, YUI, Less, Jasmine
- Employer
- Blip / Betfair
- Position
- Freelance Web Developer
- Dates
- May 2013 - December 2013 (Part-time)
- Main activities
-
Worked on the frontend of four web pages, by implementing responsive, cross-platform and cross-device layouts.
- Technologies
- HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, Photoshop, PHP
- Employer
- Waynext
- Position
- Google Summer of Code - Student
- Dates
- May 2009/2010/2011 - August 2009/2010/2011
- Main activities
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Participated in three editions of Google Summer of Code as a student. Successfully completed all three web development projects.
- Technologies
- HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Java, Spring, Perl
- Employer
- Google / OpenMRS / Dreamwidth
Education
- Dates
- September 2007 - July 2012
- Title of Qualification
- Master in Informatics and Computer Engineering (B.Sc. + M.Sc.)
- Principal Subjects
- Software Engineering, Programming, Mobile Computing, Database Design, Systems Design, Project Management, Artificial Intelligence, Web Development, Computer Architecture, Operating Systems
- Main activities
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- Thesis: Multi-touch Interaction for Interface Prototyping (Grade: 19/20).
- Researcher: 6 months grant on applying natural user interfaces to collaborative 3d urban environments (C#/XNA).
- Team Leader: of 8 members, in an academic project done for a real company (iTds).
- NIFEUP Member: Software developer for a classifieds portal for the FEUP community (Ruby on Rails).
- Organization Name
- Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP)
- Grade Point Average
- 17 out of 20
Personal skills
- Language skills
- Native Portuguese, Fluent English, Basic French, Spanish, Japanese
- Social skills
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- Passionate for developing team processes, lean methodologies, business development and user centered design, by experience and self-learning.
- Ability to work in teams and under pressure, through tight deadlines, while maintaining optimism and a good vibe around the team.
- Experience in mentoring junior developers, code reviews and dealing with stakeholders from different backgrounds.
- Strong sense of responsibility, accountability and proactivity, by having worked directly with clients.
- Certifications
- FCE - First Certificate in English (Grade A, C1)
- Certified Scrum Master - Scrum Alliance
- Artistic skills
- Formal classical training on Piano, Violin, Musical Formation and Choir.
- Driving Licences
- B, B1