Nelson Estevão is a Co-Founder and Software Engineer with 10 years of experience building robust web applications, currently focused on Elixir, Phoenix and Phoenix LiveView at Marmela. He pairs formal training in both Economics and Software Engineering (University of Minho) with a specialization in Data Science and Distributed Systems, enabling pragmatic, data-informed engineering decisions. A former student-leader who organized large national events (ENEI) and year-long community programs like CoderDojo, he brings strong product and event management experience to engineering roles. Nelson also teaches as an invited assistant at Universidade do Minho, blending hands-on instruction with production development work. His open-source contributions include UX-focused improvements and a Jekyll-based online CV theme, reflecting a habit of simplifying tooling and documentation for end users.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Software Engineering, Master's degree, Software Engineering at University of Minho
Erasmus, Economics, Erasmus, Economics at Leibniz University Hannover
Bachelor's degree, Software Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Software Engineering at School of Engineering @ University of Minho
Bachelor's degree, Economics, Bachelor's degree, Economics at School of Economics and Management @ University of Minho
A minimal Jekyll Theme to host your resume (CV) on GitHub with a few clicks.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:13 reviews, 94 PRs, 60 pushes in 7 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Nelson primarily focused on improving the user experience and simplifying the editing process for the online resume theme. They refactored several HTML files including `career-profile.html`, `education.html`, `experience.html`, `projects.html`, and `skills.html` to make the content easier to edit via data files. The user also added variables to the configuration file and updated the image path. Furthermore, the user upgraded to Sass for easier theme customization.
⚔️ Backend platform for managing session registrations and recording ninjas' progress
Contributions:129 reviews, 188 PRs, 626 pushes in 2 years 10 months
ninjasdjangoregistrationselixirbackend
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Nelson Estevão - Co-Founder & Software Engineer at Marmela