Summary
João Mendonça is a Lead Software Architect based in Lisbon with eight years of focused experience designing and delivering maritime and geospatial systems. He leads the Earth Observation Data Center project for EMSA, applying Java/Spring, JavaScript, SQL and Linux to process optical and radar satellite imagery and serve OGC web services at scale. His background blends academic research and applied engineering—he developed pathfinding, sensor optimization and interception algorithms in C++ and Matlab for naval surveillance during his university-affiliated work. Comfortable across C++, Java, C# and web stacks, he bridges low-level algorithmic rigor with production-grade system architecture. Colleagues describe him as a hands-on technical leader who turns complex maritime security requirements into operational datacenter services.
7 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Electrical Engeneering, Control and Comunications Engeneering, Electrical Engeneering, Control and Comunications Engeneering at Instituto Superior Técnico