António Ferreira is a frontend-oriented full-stack engineer based in Porto with 11 years of experience building React-driven products across startups and established teams. Currently at MUI, he contributes to Toolpad and focuses on improving editor UX, drag-and-drop interactions, and component layout—skills that blend UI craftsmanship with pragmatic full-stack sensibilities. His background includes shipping consumer and enterprise apps at Sesame, STRV, and a pre-seed fintech startup where he led the front end, showing a knack for owning features end-to-end. Trained originally in structural engineering and multimedia, he brings a systems-minded approach to interface architecture and component design. Passionate about JavaScript and React, he pairs strong engineering fundamentals with a designer’s attention to layout and interaction details.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Multimedia, Master's degree, Multimedia at Universidade do Porto
Integrated Master's Degree, Civil Engineering - Structures, Integrated Master's Degree, Civil Engineering - Structures at Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto
Structural Engineering, Structural Engineering at Danmarks Tekniske Universitet
FLAGProfessional Web & Mobile Developer Course, FLAGProfessional Web & Mobile Developer Course at FLAG
Toolpad: Full stack components and low-code builder for dashboards and internal apps.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:29 releases, 1645 reviews, 127 commits in 8 months
Contributions summary:António primarily focused on enhancing the App Editor functionality, particularly concerning the layout and component structure. Their work included the creation of column components, improvements to drag-and-drop interactions for UI elements, and adjustments to the sizing and display of components within the application. They also implemented changes to various files that involved components, drag and drop logic, and related UI/UX improvements.
MUI Toolpad: Open source, Low-code internal tool builder.
Contributions:1167 pushes, 279 branches in 1 year 11 months
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