Summary
Edward Portela is a versatile Software Engineer III with a decade of hands-on experience building reliable systems across defense, logistics, and consumer platforms. He brings a polyglot toolkit—Java, C++, Elixir, Kotlin, PHP and MySQL—applied to mission-critical work at L3Harris and high-quality mobile experiences at Podium, and now scaling shipping systems at Shippo. A BYU CS graduate with a bioinformatics emphasis, he pairs strong backend systems skills with practical Android app delivery, reflecting an ability to move between low-level, performance-sensitive code and user-facing product work. Colleagues describe him as a collaborative mentor who enjoys learning new technologies and sharing knowledge, and his career trajectory shows rapid platform hops that signal adaptability and impact in diverse engineering contexts.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science at Brigham Young University