David Simão
Software Engineer
Lisbon, Portugal
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Simão is a software engineer based in Lisbon with 15 years of professional experience and a background that bridges aviation operations and engineering with hands-on software work. His career progressed from technical and finance roles in aircraft maintenance to leadership positions, including Maintenance and Engineering Director, giving him strong systems-thinking and process-optimization skills. More recently he has applied his technical curiosity to software projects and front-end development—contributing UI and navigation improvements to a Hugo website theme that emphasize usability and clean, maintainable code. Trained in engineering and executive management (PAGE, Católica Lisbon), he combines technical rigor with strategic perspective, comfortable translating complex operational requirements into practical digital solutions. Known for pragmatic problem-solving, he brings domain expertise from aviation to software projects that demand reliability, attention to detail and user-focused interfaces.
15 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
PAGE - Advanced Management Programme for Executives, PAGE - Advanced Management Programme for Executives at Católica Lisbon School of Business and EconomicsEng., Eng. at Universidade da Beira Interior
Github Skills (7)
theme-development10
hugo10
front-end-development10
javascript9
html9
css9
responsive8
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
nunocoracao/blowfish
Oct 2022 - Jan 2023
Personal Website & Blog Theme for Hugo
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:3 reviews, 8 commits, 6 PRs in 2 months
Contributions summary:David focused on enhancing the user interface and functionality of the Hugo theme. Their commits include options for disabling the footer menu, implementing a default background image for both homepage and hero sections, and adding support for subnavigation and nested menus. Furthermore, they made improvements to the header, incorporating features like fixed header functionality and optimized code.
blowfishmit-licensehugofeature-richpersonal-blog-website
madoke/adventofcode2019
Dec 2019 - Feb 2022
Solutions for the advent of code 2019 Challenge (https://adventofcode.com/2019)
Contributions:1 PR, 11 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 2 months
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