Summary
Miguel Tavares is a software developer based in Lisbon with nine years of professional experience, currently building products at Carrot Incentives. He brings the ownership and operational discipline of hospitality and small-business management—roles where he ran teams, developed concepts, managed costs, and trained staff—into software projects, making him pragmatic about delivery and user experience. Comfortable working in small teams on large-scope projects, Miguel blends hands-on coding with a cross-functional mindset that favors shipping reliable, maintainable solutions. Educated through Instituto Superior Técnico and practical programs like 42 Lisboa and The Odin Project, he pairs formal study with self-directed, project-based learning. Notably, his background in customer-facing roles gives him an acute sense for product usability and real-world constraints that inform his engineering decisions.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
The Odin Project
42 Lisboa
Instituto Superior Técnico