Summary
Ivo Jesus is a pragmatic software engineer with over two decades of experience and 13 years in professional roles, currently focused on building robust, monolith-first systems from his base in Lisbon while working remotely. He excels in Ruby and JavaScript, has a strong track record in data-heavy applications (ETL, BI, realtime ingestion) and printing workflows, and is comfortable dabbling in C#, Kotlin, Erlang and Clojure when a problem calls for it. Ivo prefers server-side rendering and SQL-driven designs, enjoys refactoring and performance optimization, and has repeatedly improved developer ergonomics and CI/CD across companies from startups to international organizations. As founder of UtopianParticle he combines hands-on engineering, architecture, mentoring and DevOps, and at PostPilot built sophisticated postcard rendering and handwriting SVG services that illustrate his appetite for practical, creative engineering. Outside of code he’s a certified personal trainer who brings the same discipline to team coaching and technical stewardship.
13 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Licentiate degree Computer Science, Licentiate degree Computer Science at University of Lisbon
Computer Science, Computer Science at Universidade Nova de Lisboa
English, Portuguese, Spanish