Manuel Da Costa is a software engineer with eight years of experience in full-stack development and DevOps, with a strong focus on open science and research data platforms. As a maintainer of CERN's Zenodo and active contributor to the InvenioRDM project, he has guided feature development and production operations for a global repository used by 400,000 researchers across 161 countries, delivering an estimated 100 million CHF/year socio-economic impact. His hands-on work spans frontend (JavaScript/React), backend (Python), and infrastructure, including fixes to search, deposit workflows, and URL routing, along with platform upgrades. He has led cloud architecture efforts and microservices migrations in previous roles and contributed to EU health-data sharing portals and IPBX web applications, demonstrating a track record of delivering scalable, user-centric systems. Based in Geneva, Switzerland, he is currently a Software Engineer at Genius Sports, bringing his open-source and research-driven experience to a high-growth, data-centric environment.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications, Master of Science - MS, Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH)
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at Universidade de Aveiro
Verified Certificate, Economics, Online Certificate, Verified Certificate, Economics, Online Certificate at University of California, Irvine
Contributions:94 reviews, 11 commits, 48 PRs in 8 months
Contributions summary:Manuel contributed to multiple aspects of the Invenio RDM platform. They fixed a search bar issue, updated community types, and added funding and award functionalities to the deposit form. They also upgraded the platform, fixed file list styling and added a URL redirector feature. The commits span across frontend (JavaScript, React), backend (Python), and configuration aspects.
Contributions:2 PRs, 44 pushes, 17 branches in 2 years 1 month
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Manuel Da Costa - Software Engineer at Genius Sports