Luís Alves

Software Engineer at HumanIT Digital Consulting

Portugal
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Luís Alves is a software engineer with 11 years of professional experience who builds robust, scalable web applications using Java and Kotlin, specializing in event-driven architectures with Kafka and AWS. He leverages Spring Boot and Ktor to design high-performance microservices and brings practical expertise in observability with Prometheus to ensure reliable production systems. Luís has contributed to open-source QA and test automation for the udocker project, improving CI test coverage and reliability for container execution without root privileges. Transitioning from a long career in geology and quarry management, he combines domain-driven pragmatism with formal training in computer programming from the University of Coimbra. Currently working at HumanIT Digital Consulting and Blip.pt, he thrives in dynamic teams that value continuous learning and innovation. He is motivated by complex distributed systems challenges and steadily expands his toolkit to tackle cloud-native problems end to end.
code11 years of coding experience
job2 years of employment as a software developer
bookComputer Programming, Specific Applications, Computer Programming, Specific Applications at University of Coimbra + IT GROW
bookErasmus internship, Hydrogeology, Erasmus internship, Hydrogeology at Vrije Universiteit Brussel
bookBSc geology, Geological/Geophysical Engineering, BSc geology, Geological/Geophysical Engineering at University of Coimbra (Universidade de Coimbra)
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Github Skills (12)

unit-testing10
test-framework10
python10
mocking10
testing10
pytest9
container8
docker8
dockers8
npm6
yaml6
npm-install6

Programming languages (6)

TypeScriptDockerfileShellJinjaNixPython

Github contributions (5)

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indigo-dc/udocker

Sep 2017 - Mar 2018

A basic user tool to execute simple docker containers in batch or interactive systems without root privileges.
Role in this project:
userQA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
Contributions:22 commits, 6 PRs, 34 pushes in 5 months
Contributions summary:Luís primarily focused on enhancing the test suite for the `udocker` project. Their commits demonstrate an effort to resolve CI test issues, add more unit tests, and correct import statements and decorator calls within the testing framework. These changes involved modifications to the `tests/unit_tests.py` file, suggesting a focus on improving test coverage and reliability. The contributions have aimed to increase the robustness and quality of the project.
runcprivilegesdocker-containersprooteosc-hub
A1ve5/gitTraining

Jan 2015 - Jan 2016

Contributions:2 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year
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Luís Alves - Software Engineer at HumanIT Digital Consulting