João Gouveia
Software Engineer at XPAR Vision BV
Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolJoão Gouveia is a pragmatic software engineer with eight years of experience building robust C/C++, Go, Rust and JavaScript systems, currently focused on engineering at XPAR Vision in the Netherlands. He has deep experience in systems and integration work—from maintaining MAPI-based mail and calendar servers and secure SMTP transport at Kopano to C++ integrations for large-scale 3D design tools at Cadmatic. An advocate for clean architecture and testable code, he contributes to open source (notably fixes to OpenLayers format parsers ensuring ArcGIS/GeoServer interoperability) and prefers choosing the best language for the job. Outside work he channels his engineering curiosity into FPV drones, paragliding and maker projects (often Raspberry Pi + IoT), reflecting a hands-on approach to hardware-software integration.
8 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Masters Degree Computational Engineering, Masters Degree Computational Engineering at Technische Universität DresdenMaster Degree Computer Engineering, Master Degree Computer Engineering at Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade NOVA de Lisboa
Portuguese, English, Spanish, German
Github Skills (6)
testing10
javascript10
gml10
geometry10
openlayers10
maps9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
openlayers/openlayers
Jul 2017 - Aug 2017
OpenLayers
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:5 commits, 4 PRs, 18 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:João primarily contributed to the `ol.format.EsriJSON` and `ol.format.GML3` format implementations within the OpenLayers library. Their work involved fixing issues with spatial reference handling and parsing geometry data, ensuring correct integration with ArcGIS and GeoServer. The contributions included adding and modifying unit tests to validate these fixes and ensure compatibility with different geospatial data sources, enhancing the robustness and interoperability of the library.
javascriptopenlayersgis
Sol1du2/Edi-Assistant
Feb 2021 - Mar 2025
Contributions:68 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 2 months
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