Summary
Nelson Alves is a Web UI Developer with a decade of experience building user-focused interfaces at Apple and a background in human–computer interaction from Carnegie Mellon. He combines strong front-end skills—React, JavaScript, Sketch—with Python and a history of AI data visualization and information retrieval research. His career blends industry work in consumer electronics with academic research and software architecture, giving him a practical yet research-informed approach to UX and interaction design. Based in San Francisco, he also explores Swift and C++ in his free time, signaling a curiosity for systems and native app development beyond his web focus. Colleagues appreciate that he pairs disciplined engineering with a designer’s attention to detail, turning complex requirements into polished, usable products.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Carnegie Mellon University
Masters, Software Engineering, Masters, Software Engineering at Universidade da Madeira