João Neves
Software Engineer at OutSystems
Oeiras, Lisbon, Portugal
Summary
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Top SchoolJoão Neves is a versatile software engineer with 14 years of experience, currently building products at OutSystems in Oeiras, Lisbon. He brings full-stack expertise and a history of meaningful open-source contributions, including significant fixes to the high-profile CefSharp project that required deep WPF and C++ understanding. His background spans hands-on development roles and technical support, giving him a pragmatic perspective on reliability and customer-facing issues. Trained at Instituto Superior Técnico in computer and electrical engineering, he blends solid academic foundations with practical systems work. Outside engineering he’s an experienced skipper, a passion that informs his collaborative leadership and calm problem-solving under pressure. Known on GitHub as a “Swiss Army Knife” engineer, he combines broad technical curiosity with a steady record of shipping fixes and features.
14 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Science and Engineering, Bachelor's degree Computer Science and Engineering at Instituto Superior Técnico
English, French, Spanish
Github Skills (13)
drag-and-drop10
wpf10
c-language10
browser10
csharp10
cprogramming-language10
cefsharp10
dotnet-core10
application-framework9
app-framework9
web-framework9
debugging8
winforms6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
cefsharp/CefSharp
Nov 2011 - Oct 2019
.NET (WPF and Windows Forms) bindings for the Chromium Embedded Framework
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:13 commits, 20 PRs, 55 comments in 8 years
Contributions summary:João made significant contributions to the CefSharp project, which involves .NET bindings for the Chromium Embedded Framework. They focused on improving control rendering and fixing arrange problems in CefWpfWebBrowser, which is related to the WPF implementation. Additional contributions include the implementation of the UpdateDragCursor, fix for a crash on windows deactivate and the fixing of other related issues, showcasing their deep understanding of both the WPF and C++ aspects of the project.
chromiumdotnetwindowswindows-formswpf
OutSystems/WebView
Feb 2017 - Jan 2023
Avalonia/WPF control that wraps CefGlue webview control
Contributions:145 reviews, 636 commits, 222 PRs in 5 years 11 months
avaloniacefgluewebviewwpfmacos
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