António Almeida
IoT Software Engineer at Critical Manufacturing
Porto, Porto, Portugal
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Top SchoolAntónio Almeida is an IoT software engineer based in Porto with 13 years of experience building embedded and back-end systems for industrial and telecom environments. Currently at Critical Manufacturing, he blends firmware-level IoT knowledge with full-stack backend work, delivering robust integrations between devices and enterprise software. His open-source contributions show a focus on Laravel ecosystems and developer tooling—implementing database migrations, enhancing code generation in laravel-shift/blueprint, and localizing admin tooling for Portuguese and Japanese users. António pairs pragmatic bug fixes and QA with feature development, such as adding useCurrentOnUpdate support and tracing external models, which improves long-term maintainability. Trained in communications engineering at Universidade do Minho, he brings a systems-level view that connects low-level protocols to cloud-attached services. Colleagues rely on him for careful, cross-disciplinary solutions that bridge telecom constraints and modern web backends.
13 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia de Comunicações, Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia de Comunicações at Universidade do Minho
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Github Skills (46)
database-migrations10
blueprint10
translation10
eloquent10
laravel-mix10
testing10
css10
databases10
internationalization10
backpack10
laravel10
eloquent-orm10
php10
localization10
front-end-development10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
Laravel-Backpack/PermissionManager
Jun 2017 - Nov 2022
Admin interface for managing users, roles, permissions, using Backpack CRUD
Role in this project:
Localization / Internationalization Specialist
Localization / Internationalization SpecialistContributions:12 reviews, 16 commits, 10 PRs in 5 years 5 months
Contributions summary:António primarily contributed to the project by translating user interface elements and labels into Portuguese and Japanese. They added and updated language files, specifically focusing on the `permissionmanager.php` files and related labels, and included translations for filters and user interface elements. Furthermore, the user performed some code style fixes.
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Laravel-Backpack/demo
Nov 2020 - Dec 2022
A working demo of Laravel with all Backpack packages installed.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:27 reviews, 24 commits, 28 PRs in 2 years 1 month
Contributions summary:António contributed to the demo Laravel Backpack repository by implementing database migrations and seeders, including support for Laravel 8.x features. They modified various files, including factories and seeders, to support database functionality. The user also updated the alerts component and added changes related to CRUD, demonstrating a focus on backend development and integration with the Backpack framework.
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