Leo Soares
Senior Embedded Software Engineer at reMarkable
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolLeo Soares is a Senior Embedded Software Engineer based in London with 13 years of hands-on experience designing embedded systems, embedded Linux, rapid prototypes and end-to-end IoT products. He has moved fluidly between individual contributor and leadership roles—from CTO at an IoT consultancy to lead embedded engineer positions—bringing product-minded engineering and experience in production, marketing and management. His career spans startups and scale-stage companies (reMarkable, Sword Health, YouView) where he focuses on robust system software and developer tooling that accelerates delivery. Known for an entrepreneurial, outside-the-box approach, he pairs deep electronics and firmware expertise with a track record of shipping data-driven IoT solutions and tooling that “make things that do stuff.”
13 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Licentiate degree Electronics and Computer Engineering, Licentiate degree Electronics and Computer Engineering at Warsaw University of TechnologyLicentiate degree Electronics and Computer Networks Engineering, Licentiate degree Electronics and Computer Networks Engineering at Instituto Politécnico de Viana do CasteloHighSchool Electronics Technological Course, HighSchool Electronics Technological Course at Escola Secundária José Regio, Vila do Conde
English, Spanish
Github Skills (155)
avr-programming10
disk-image10
bluetooth10
embedded10
embedded-linux10
microcontroller10
avr-gcc10
gnu-toolchain10
hardware10
homebrew10
openwrt10
arduino10
linux9
avr9
homescreen9
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
leojrfs/packages
Jul 2016 - May 2022
Packages Repository
Contributions:8 pushes in 5 years 10 months
leojrfs/leojrfs.github.io
Jul 2017 - Feb 2024
Contributions:18 pushes, 4 branches in 6 years 7 months
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