André Magalhães
Principal Software Engineer Tech Leader at Collabora
Minas Gerais, Brazil
Summary
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Top SchoolAndré Magalhães is a Principal Software Engineer and tech leader with 21 years building production-grade Linux and embedded systems, currently leading projects at Collabora from his base in Minas Gerais, Brazil. He blends deep expertise in C/C++, Python, system-level Linux components and multimedia stacks (GStreamer, WebKit, Chromium) with hands-on experience in build/packaging (Yocto, Debian/RPM, OBS) and container/CI tooling. His background spans real-time communications and VoIP frameworks (Telepathy/Tapioca/Farsight), mobile/embedded app development and modern desktop stacks (Qt/KDE, Glib/GTK+/GNOME), giving him a rare cross-domain fluency. Known for driving open source collaboration, he has repeatedly led teams to upstreamable solutions and scalable release processes. Colleagues value him as a pragmatic architect who still contributes code and shepherds projects through complex integrations. He combines long-term product stewardship with a taste for state-of-the-art, community-first software engineering.
21 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor, Computer Science, Bachelor, Computer Science at FIC - Faculdades Integradas de Caratinga
Github Skills (113)
raspberry-pi-zero10
openh26410
ubuntu10
gtk10
pathofexile10
linux10
browser10
flatpak10
webkit9
safari9
javascript9
syncthing9
youtube9
pantheon9
podman9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
TelepathyIM/telepathy-qt
Dec 2008 - Apr 2012
Telepathy Qt bindings
Contributions:3453 commits in 3 years 4 months
qt5telepathy
endlessm/eos-panel-extension
Jul 2020 - Nov 2020
Contributions:8 reviews, 23 PRs, 46 pushes in 3 months
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