J Oliveira is a web developer based in Coimbra, Portugal with 10 years of experience combining biomedical engineering research and full-stack software delivery. He has moved from ultrasound signal processing and OCT image analysis during a biomedical master's and research fellowships into production web and backend work at startups and agencies, currently at Subvisual. He brings hands-on C++ audio processing experience—contributing enhancements to the well-known Snowboy hotword project—alongside modern web stacks, making him comfortable across low-level signal work and user-facing systems. His background running a student-led junior enterprise and founding a local youth association shows a longtime appetite for leadership, cross-functional collaboration and practical project ownership.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Biomedical/Medical Engineering, Master's degree Biomedical/Medical Engineering at Universidade de Coimbra
Science and Technology, Science and Technology at Escola Secundária Padre Benjamim Salgado
Future versions with model training module will be maintained through a forked version here: https://github.com/seasalt-ai/snowboy
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:10 commits, 2 PRs, 6 comments in 20 days
Contributions summary:J primarily focused on enhancing the C++ example code, demonstrating skills related to audio processing and hotword detection. They implemented features to read audio data from both raw and WAV files, which involved incorporating WAV header parsing. The user also addressed formatting and styling issues, contributing to the code's clarity. The user utilized the snowboy library and PortAudio to interact with audio files.
Contributions:4 reviews, 21 PRs, 281 pushes in 6 months
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