Carlos Ferreira
Senior Software Engineer at Fuze: An 8x8 Company
Portugal
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Top SchoolCarlos Ferreira is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of experience bridging research and production, specializing in embedded systems, mesh-network autonomy, and high-performance C/C++ and Python development. He has driven practical outcomes from academic research—designing autonomous agent models for wireless mesh and SDN environments—and has shipped production WebRTC audio/video and voice/fax systems at scale for Fuze/8x8. Comfortable across low-level firmware (OpenWRT, FPGA/VHDL) and high-level distributed services, he also builds bespoke Python testing tools and CI-integrated automation. An active open-source contributor, he maintains Boost adaptations for OpenWRT to keep critical packages building on constrained platforms. Based in Portugal, he combines systems-level rigor with a proven track record of optimizing algorithms and improving platform limits, often surfacing subtle infrastructure fixes that unlock measurable performance gains.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Dual Degree (BSc + MSc) in Computers and Telemathics Engineering, Computer Science, Networks Architecture and Reconfigurable Hardware, 14 out of 20, Dual Degree (BSc + MSc) in Computers and Telemathics Engineering, Computer Science, Networks Architecture and Reconfigurable Hardware, 14 out of 20 at Universidade de Aveiro
English, Portuguese
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Github Skills (16)
openwrt10
build-system10
software-packaging10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
boost10
makefile10
patch10
mips9
computer-architecture9
architecture9
architectures9
b26
distutils6
python6
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
openwrt/packages
Feb 2015 - Dec 2022
Community maintained packages for OpenWrt. Documentation for submitting pull requests is in CONTRIBUTING.md
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:11 reviews, 57 commits, 86 PRs in 7 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Carlos primarily contributed to the OpenWrt packages repository by updating and patching the Boost library. Their work involved incorporating patches to support new features such as Fiber, fixing build regressions, and updating the package versions to the latest releases. The contributions focus on maintaining and adapting the Boost library to function correctly within the OpenWrt environment, making modifications to compilation processes and architecture support.
pull-requestsopenwrtstudio
ClaymorePT/packages
Aug 2022 - Aug 2022
Packages Repository
Contributions:2 commits, 160 pushes, 115 branches in 4 days
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