ENGINEERING LEADER · ARCHITECT · BUILDER
I lead engineers and build systems that connect, from smart grid research to retail checkouts, commerce platforms and safety-critical products. Today I lead product development at Itron.
Architecture: Designed a bidding platform API for a top-three Latin American e-commerce group: operating cost down more than tenfold. Distributed systems · Clear boundaries.
Interoperability: Designed the middleware for an EU smart grid project, and the library every partner used to plug in. AMQP · MQTT · XMPP · RabbitMQ · Kafka.
Event-driven: Moved a whole product to a new cloud on an event-driven design, for about 70% lower running cost. Serverless · Kubernetes · RabbitMQ.
Design for change: Four shared libraries adopted beyond their first project, from EU research partners to a whole product company. Configuration-based · Reusability.
Technical leadership: Ten engineers today across four countries, working with product, design, platform and customer teams. Mentoring · Direction · Shared ownership.
AI-assisted engineering: Handboard and three open-source mods, built with AI inside a gated, human-reviewed process. Explore · Build · Review · Evidence.
User-centric: A self-checkout piloted with a top-five global retail group: from minutes at the till to under 40 seconds. Requirements · Usability · Outcomes.
SELECTED WORK
Different industries, the same habits: connect the parts, build foundations others can reuse, and measure what changes for people.
Under 40 s
A mobile self-checkout piloted with one of the five largest retail groups in the world, taking checkout from minutes at the till to under 40 seconds. I led it from the first pilot to a full rewrite, owning architecture, back end, front end, cloud, mobile and CI/CD with a team of five.
Vue · Node.js · PostgreSQL · AWS · Middleware
1 foundation, 2 stores
For a major automotive group, I led a cloud online store built from scratch and proposed its B2B2C model, with a Vue component library designed for reuse across the group's brands. The next store, for a car retailer, launched on the same foundation.
Vue · GCP · B2B2C · Component library
~70% lower cloud cost
Products that help utilities prevent damage to buried assets and keep field workers safe. I grew from senior engineer to engineering manager, led the move to an event-driven architecture on a new cloud, the accessibility and design system work and full offline support.
React · TypeScript · Serverless · Kubernetes · RabbitMQ
His dedication to best practices and code reusability not only ensures high-quality deliverables but also promotes efficiency and scalability within projects.
He ended up being instrumental for the successful completion of a research project by implementing a communication middleware.
EXPERIENCE
Over fifteen years, one thread: making parts work together, first in code, then in teams.
Full history on LinkedIn ↗Ten engineers and cross-team delivery with product, design, AI platform, CloudOps and customer success.
Safety products for utilities, now part of Itron. Portugal team lead from 2023.
Online stores, chatbots and apps for automotive brands, motorsport and the public sector.
A component library, partner integrations and the first steps from monolith to services.
A bidding platform API in Node.js for a Latin American e-commerce group.
Retail self-checkout, from store tills to the cloud.
Middleware for the EU projects ENCOURAGE and Arrowhead.
Digital signage, ticket kiosks and self-recovering in-store screens for retail.
MSc in Architecture, Systems and Networks, and a degree in Computer Engineering, ISEP.
RESEARCH
Before leading teams, I built middleware for smart grids and smart buildings at the CISTER research centre, in the EU projects ENCOURAGE and Arrowhead.
All publications at CISTER ↗BUILT ON THE SIDE
Small products where the same principles meet real people: clear boundaries, honest feedback, and work that runs on its own.
An infinite, shared whiteboard you drive with webcam hand gestures. No account, no install, no keyboard. Hand tracking stays on your device.
MediaPipe · Canvas 2D · Firebase · Live collaboration
Fabric · Minecraft 26.3 · Server-side · Open source
Whole roofs from the tops of your walls, in one click. Ten styles, correct hips and valleys, a private preview and undo.
Coral that spreads, bleaches near heat and recovers when it is gone. A reef that behaves like a living system.
Factorio-style production statistics for any factory. Rates, sparklines and bottleneck alerts before a line runs dry.
WORK WITH ME
I enjoy conversations with teams working on problems like these:
ENTHUSIASTIC BY NATURE
Always learning, always exploring. Technology, rock music, history, and travel keep me curious and give me new ways to connect ideas.
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