Luís Tavares
Software Engineer at Cursor
Porto, Porto, United States
Summary
🤩
Rockstar🎓
Top SchoolLuís Tavares is a software engineer with seven years' experience building cloud-native systems and developer-focused database features, currently contributing to Cursor after roles at Databricks, Neon, and SingleStore. He has shipped production features like Neon’s schema-only branches and worked on serverless container platforms and BaaS capabilities, blending backend systems engineering with product-driven thinking. A deep learning enthusiast and lifelong learner, he pairs research experience from academia—where he built an automated test-based grading tool used by thousands—with hands-on engineering in fast-moving startups. Based in Porto, he maintains an active GitHub showcasing recent projects and a practical emphasis on maintainable, testable software.
7 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering - MEng, Informatics and Computer Engineering, Master of Engineering - MEng, Informatics and Computer Engineering at Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do PortoMaster of Engineering - MEng, Computer Science and Engineering, Master of Engineering - MEng, Computer Science and Engineering at Politecnico di Milano
Github Skills (36)
autoscaling10
postgresql10
storage10
neon10
serverless10
rust10
database10
minecraft9
python-interface9
gatsby9
driver9
networking8
server8
workspace7
docker7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
luist18/areas
Feb 2021 - Sep 2024
✍️ ARM64 and RISC-V (extensible) assessment system
Contributions:1 release, 42 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 8 months
luist18/feup-pri-proj
Jan 2022 - Sep 2024
📚 Proposed project solution for the Information Processing and Retrieval course @ FEUP
Contributions:4 PRs, 4 pushes, 4 branches in 2 years 8 months
nlpfeupretrieval
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe’ve analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.