Summary
Miguel Anciães is a Senior Software Engineer based in Lisbon with a decade of experience building scalable distributed systems, backend services, and managing cloud infrastructure. He brings hands-on expertise in Golang, Java/Kotlin, Node.js, and serverless GCP/AWS architectures, having acted as both backend engineer and SRE to ship resilient microservices and CI/CD pipelines. At companies from WATERDOG to Netcapital and now ComplyAdvantage, he has combined service implementation with infrastructure ownership—covering databases, networking, IAM, Kubernetes, and real-time streaming. Passionate about security and performance, he codes for fun on weekends to explore new technologies and sharpen professional skills. A former competitive sailing coach, he applies the same discipline and communication skills to lead teams and mentor peers while tackling complex engineering challenges.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Licentiate degree, Computer Science and Engineering, Licentiate degree, Computer Science and Engineering at Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa - FCT NOVA
English, Portuguese