João Silva
Software Engineer
Leiria, Portugal
Summary
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Top SchoolJoão Silva is a full-stack software engineer from Leiria, Portugal with 12 years of hands-on coding experience and three years of professional web development focused on Go, PHP (Laravel) and JavaScript. He blends backend reliability with pragmatic front-end work, having improved testing, CI/CD and developer DX through Docker, private registries and Ansible-driven deployments. At Sound Particles he implemented payments (Stripe, PayPal), billing automation (InvoiceXpress), and observability stacks using Prometheus, Loki and Grafana to deliver operational insight. A lifelong tinkerer who started coding at 13, he routinely builds side projects that integrate third-party services and values shipping practical, auditable solutions. Trained in Computer Engineering at IPLeiria and educated in IT systems management from high school, he pairs formal grounding with a bias for automation and measurable quality improvements.
12 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering at Politécnico de LeiriaHigh School (Professional Course), IT Systems Management and Programming, High School (Professional Course), IT Systems Management and Programming at Colégio João de Barros
Portuguese, English
Github Skills (144)
mikro-orm10
typegoose10
python10
routing-controllers10
automation10
home-assistant10
mongoose10
mqtt10
home-automation10
garden10
iot10
internet-of-things10
asyncio10
password-generator10
privacy10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
franciscosilva800/SIProject
Nov 2019 - Dec 2019
Systems Integration Final Project - 3rd Year, Computer Science, ESTG - IPLeiria
Contributions:43 commits in 1 month
computer-sciencescience
joaopms/Marlin
Jan 2021 - Feb 2025
Marlin is an optimized firmware for RepRap 3D printers based on the Arduino platform. | Many commercial 3D printers come with Marlin installed. Check with your vendor if you need source code for your specific machine.
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 2 months
vendorfirmwarereprapavr3d-printer
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