Cândido Gomes
Senior Software Engineer at Smile.io
Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolCândido Gomes is a Senior Software Engineer with 14 years of experience building full-stack, accessible, and human-centred products across startups and enterprises in Brazil and Canada. He blends strong backend expertise in Go, microservices and gRPC with modern frontend work in TypeScript (Angular/React/Svelte) and mobile (Ionic, Android/Kotlin), and has driven monorepo and build optimizations that materially improved team velocity. At Cisco he led FedRAMP-compliant integrations, introduced robust testing and security practices, and reduced duplication through ViewModel patterns—work that reflects both architectural judgment and hands-on delivery. A serial founder and consultant, he also contributes to open-source localization efforts (notably adding Brazilian Portuguese support to the CovidShield mobile app) and mentors IT professionals through ADPList. Outside of work he channels curiosity into side projects, community contributions, and outdoor pursuits, combining entrepreneurial drive with practical engineering craftsmanship.
14 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Bachelor of Science in Computer Science at Universidade Estadual do PiauíMaster of Business Administration (MBA) Business Management, Master of Business Administration (MBA) Business Management at FGV - Fundação Getulio VargasAndroid Developer Nanodegree Tecnologia da Informação, Android Developer Nanodegree Tecnologia da Informação at UdacityTechnology Analysis and Systems Development Technologist in Systems Analysis and Development, Technology Analysis and Systems Development Technologist in Systems Analysis and Development at IFPI - Instituto Federal do Piauí
Portuguese, English
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Github Skills (9)
json10
internationalization10
localization10
react-native8
mobile-development7
ionic-framework6
ionic6
angular6
ng2-charts6
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
CovidShield/mobile
May 2020 - May 2020
React Native client application for COVID Shield on iOS and Android
Role in this project:
Localization / Internationalization Specialist
Localization / Internationalization SpecialistContributions:9 commits, 3 PRs, 6 comments in 3 days
Contributions summary:Cândido's contributions primarily involve the addition and regeneration of translations for the COVID Shield mobile application. They focused on adding Portuguese (Brazilian) language support and subsequently updating the translations. This indicates a focus on making the application accessible to a wider audience and improving the user experience for Portuguese-speaking users. The work involves modifying a JSON file containing various translations for the application's UI elements.
reactreact-nativeandroidiosshield
candidosales/environment
Sep 2016 - Mar 2025
Workplace to Mac
Contributions:2 PRs, 73 pushes, 4 branches in 8 years 7 months
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