Francisco Silva is a Senior Frontend Developer and technical lead based in Zurich with 11 years of experience designing and shipping pragmatic, user-focused web applications. He has a strong Angular/TypeScript background and a full-stack sensibility—contributing to open-source projects like Ghostfolio where he fixed UI performance issues and implemented backend features such as bulk activity deletion. Known for preferring practical solutions over over-engineering, he has repeatedly delivered complex frontends across finance and enterprise contexts at companies like Vontobel, emineo and ERNI. A collaborative team player with a good sense of humor, he combines hands-on coding, mentorship and clear communication to move teams forward. His blend of consultancy and in-house roles shows an ability to adapt quickly to different product lifecycles and stakeholder needs.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
BSc Computer Science, BSc Computer Science at Polytechnic of Leiria
MSc Computer Science, MSc Computer Science at Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro
Contributions:10 reviews, 10 PRs, 10 comments in 1 year
Contributions summary:Francisco contributed to both the front-end and back-end of the Ghostfolio application. They fixed a performance issue related to column header alignment in the holdings table and implemented the ability to delete all activities of a user. Further, they worked on updating the cash balance when adding an activity. Additionally, they improved the mobile column headers in the holdings table.
Contributions:1 PR, 15 pushes, 19 branches in 11 months
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Francisco Silva - Senior Frontend Developer at Vontobel