João Ferreira
Software Engineer at Avaloq
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Top SchoolJoão Ferreira is a software engineer based in Zurich with 10 years of experience building high-performance systems and applying AI and big-data techniques to biomedical and research problems. Currently at Avaloq after research and teaching roles at ETH Zürich and a research scholarship, he combines rigorous academic training (MSc ETH Zürich, top-ranked BSc from Universidade de Coimbra) with hands-on industry delivery. His background spans full lifecycle development—from internships in startups to production work at a major financial software company—bringing strengths in scalable systems and data-driven engineering. Driven by a belief in technology as a force for positive societal change, he seeks projects that combine technical depth with real-world impact. An often-overlooked asset is his multilingual communication experience (including translation/proofreading and student radio leadership), which helps him bridge technical and non-technical stakeholders.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
English, English at British CouncilBSc, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 18/20, BSc, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 18/20 at Universidade de CoimbraMSc, Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, MSc, Electrical Engineering and Information Technology at ETH ZürichCiências e Tecnologia, 19/20, Ciências e Tecnologia, 19/20 at Escola Secundária de Avelar Brotero
Portuguese, English, Spanish, German
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Github Skills (62)
plsql10
eclipse-ide10
eclipse-plugin10
ide10
llama10
language-server-protocol10
codegen10
xtext10
java10
language-server10
theia10
xml10
eclipse10
refactoring10
dsl9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
joaodinissf/lsp4e
Jun 2023 - Mar 2025
Language Server Protocol support in Eclipse IDE
Contributions:4 PRs, 106 pushes, 25 branches in 1 year 10 months
joaodinissf/dsl-devkit
Oct 2022 - Dec 2024
Developer kit for implementing Domain Specific Languages with Xtext. Format, Check, Export and Scope languages of DSL Developer Kit standardize DSL implementations.
Contributions:138 pushes, 54 branches in 2 years 1 month
implementationsexportstandardizextextxml
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