Carlos Ferreira
VP Of Research And Development at ADVFN
Stony Stratford, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolCarlos Ferreira is a VP of Research and Development and founder with 12 years of experience building high-performance web platforms and leading distributed engineering teams. Born in Viseu and now based in London, he blends hands-on engineering—spanning PHP, Python websockets, responsive front-ends and caching/datastore optimization—with strategic product and infrastructure decisions at ADVFN. A first-class Computer Science graduate with an MSc in Advanced Software Engineering, he has a track record of improving UX and site performance for large-scale financial services and helped introduce ADVFN’s crypto offering. As founder of CF Technologies he pairs technical delivery with client training, mentoring and business management, gaining practical entrepreneurship while still shipping code. He’s been tinkering with web tech since age 12 and is driven by trying the latest tools to solve real problems, often stepping into the toughest performance and integration challenges. Quietly active in community projects like CoderDojo, he brings both pragmatic leadership and a maker’s curiosity to teams.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
A Levels, Mathematics, ICT, Portuguese and Graphic Design, A Levels, Mathematics, ICT, Portuguese and Graphic Design at Saint Francis Xavier (SFX) Sixth Form CollegeMSc, Advanced Software Engineering, Distinction, MSc, Advanced Software Engineering, Distinction at University of WestminsterBSc (Hons), Computer Science, 1st Class, BSc (Hons), Computer Science, 1st Class at University of Greenwich
English, Portuguese
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Github Skills (116)
dns10
javascript10
github-pages10
subdomain10
dedicated10
solidity9
inlining9
hotspot9
analyser9
security9
rise9
smart-contracts9
blockchain9
inspect8
contract8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
cajogos/biscuit-link-framework
Jul 2017 - Mar 2022
Contributions:3 releases, 10 commits, 1 PR in 4 years 8 months
biscuitbiscuit-linkphpphp-frameworklink
coderdojorise/website
Feb 2017 - Feb 2021
The official repository for CoderDojo London's website.
Contributions:86 commits, 41 PRs, 59 pushes in 4 years 1 month
coderdojojavascriptnextjsreact
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