José Magalhães
Fullstack Engineer Consultant at Monster Jinx
Porto, Porto, Portugal
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Top SchoolJosé Magalhães is a Fullstack Engineer Consultant based in Porto with 13 years of experience building production web systems across insurance, news, and SaaS products. He evolved from PHP roots into a JavaScript specialist since 2010, delivering React/Redux frontends, Node.js backends, GraphQL APIs and resilient data layers for teams and startups. He has led engineering teams and DevOps efforts, bootstrapped design systems and marketplaces, and currently validates AI-powered product experiences. An active open-source contributor, he implemented Backbone.js integration and bug fixes for the widely used localForage library, bringing offline storage reliability to client apps. Outside work he co-founded creative projects, pairing technical craftsmanship with a musician’s emphasis on iteration and collaboration.
13 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Technician, Information Technology, Technician, Information Technology at Escola Secundária da Boa NovaBachelor of Engineering (BEng), Computer Science, Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), Computer Science at Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto
English, Portuguese
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Github Skills (6)
javascript10
backbone10
backbonejs10
indexeddb9
localstorage8
websql7
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
localForage/localForage
Feb 2014 - Mar 2014
💾 Offline storage, improved. Wraps IndexedDB, WebSQL, or localStorage using a simple but powerful API.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:8 commits in 21 days
Contributions summary:José primarily contributed to the Backbone.js adapter, modifying the `backbone.localforage.js` and related files. They implemented the core integration between Backbone.js and localForage, enabling offline storage capabilities. The user addressed bugs related to model storage and loading, ensuring the correct data was persisted and retrieved. They also worked on the example to demonstrate how to use the library within a Backbone application.
apioffline-storageimprovedindexeddbwraps
jscrambler/esshorten
Sep 2015 - Nov 2016
Contributions:3 PRs, 29 pushes, 4 branches in 1 year 2 months
shortenjavascriptnodejsmangle
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