José Miguel Malaca
Portugal
Summary
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SeniorJosé Malaca is a Product-focused Ruby on Rails engineer with 11 years of experience building well-architected, test-driven web applications and robust REST services. Currently at MarsBased, he excels at n-tier design, asynchronous worker patterns, code refactoring, and pragmatic product delivery. He has led teams and headed software development, blending hands-on implementation with a drive toward thoughtful, team-centered engineering practices. José prioritizes readable, maintainable code, thorough testing, and collaborative workflows such as pair programming and code review. Based in Coimbra, Portugal, he balances a deep backend focus with product empathy—seeking to feel end users’ needs while progressing toward a tech/team leadership role. Outside work he’s a single-malt enthusiast, family-oriented, and brings a calm, measured approach to complex engineering trade-offs.
11 years of coding experience
Github Skills (25)
mvc10
rails10
ruby10
html10
activerecord10
ruby-on-rails10
webpacker9
sprockets9
react8
user-experience8
react-rails8
asset-pipeline8
jsx7
javascript5
typescript4
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
jmmalaca/jmmalaca.github.io
Jul 2015 - Aug 2024
Contributions:1 PR, 66 pushes, 1 branch in 9 years 2 months
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jmmalaca/jmmalaca
Jul 2020 - May 2025
Contributions:20 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 10 months
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