Luís Durão
Co-founder Full Stack Engineer at Porthys
Ponta Delgada, Portugal
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Top SchoolLuís Durão is a multilingual co-founder and full-stack engineer with nine years of experience building scalable web platforms, cloud-native infrastructure, and real-time systems. He designed Porthys’ Next.js and AWS Lambda architecture, built web crawlers and dynamic pricing engines, and maintained production infrastructure while consulting on growth plans. As Lead Backend Engineer at Entirebody he operated self-hosted RKE2 on NixOS, authored Rust services for a real-time Matrix chat, and drove observability with OpenTelemetry and SigNoz. A pragmatic open-source contributor, he has improved TypeScript type coverage in the high-profile DefinitelyTyped repository, and he applies AI/ML—most notably LLM-based JSON translation—to practical multilingual workflows. With a background in electrical and computer engineering and hands-on hardware work (EV chargers and custom PCBs), he blends systems-level thinking with product-focused delivery.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Masters Degree on Electrical and Computers Engineering, Electrical and Computers Engineering, Masters Degree on Electrical and Computers Engineering, Electrical and Computers Engineering at Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do PortoErasmus, Computer Science, Erasmus, Computer Science at Budapest University of Technology and EconomicsMusic, Music at Gulpilhares Cultural ForumHigh School, Techincal course on Chemical and Biological Analysis, High School, Techincal course on Chemical and Biological Analysis at Gaia Private School
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Github Skills (19)
static-typing10
typescript10
typescript-definitions10
type-definition10
optional-typing10
dts10
strong-typing10
typescript-types10
typescripts10
axios9
javascript8
react7
emscripten6
webassembly6
pointer6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
Mar 2019 - Jan 2021
The repository for high quality TypeScript type definitions.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 15 commits, 5 PRs in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Luís primarily contributed by adding and modifying TypeScript type definitions for various JavaScript libraries. This involved creating and updating `.d.ts` files to provide type safety and improve the developer experience when using these libraries within TypeScript projects. The user's contributions covered a range of packages, including `child-process-promise`, `axios-cancel`, and `react-router-transition`, demonstrating a focus on enhancing the type definitions available within the DefinitelyTyped repository.
typescript-definitionstype-definitionshigh-qualitydtsdefinitions
TheDSCPL/dotfiles
Apr 2024 - Feb 2025
Contributions:314 pushes, 3 branches, 3 tags in 10 months
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