Nuno Mariz
Software Engineer at Portuguese Python User Group
Porto, Porto, Portugal
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Top SchoolNuno Mariz is a seasoned software engineer and team lead with over 16 years of professional experience and two decades of immersion in software development, currently contributing at Critical TechWorks after a decade leading MySQL Connector/Python work at Oracle. He combines backend engineering, architecture and team coordination with hands-on open-source contributions—helping maintain a widely used MySQL Connector/Python driver, improving index management, type conversions and adding multi-factor auth support. Founder of the Portuguese Python User Group and coordinator of Django’s Portuguese translations, he blends community leadership with product-focused engineering. A Certified ScrumMaster with deep experience in GIS, RESTful APIs and full-stack web systems, Nuno pairs pragmatic system design with reliable operations as a MySQL Database Service operator. Outside code he channels the same endurance and discipline into triathlon and a precise morning coffee ritual—an indicator of his methodical, iterative approach to both life and engineering.
16 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Certified ScrumMaster, Scrum, Certified ScrumMaster, Scrum at Scrum AllianceGraduate, Computer Engineering, Graduate, Computer Engineering at Instituto Superior Politécnico do GayaFrequency, Computer Engineering, Frequency, Computer Engineering at Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto
English
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Github Skills (16)
databases10
relational-databases10
python10
sql-database10
database10
testing10
apidoc9
api9
mysql6
mysql-connector6
mariadb6
cursor6
mysql-connector-python6
docker6
sql6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
mysql/mysql-connector-python
Jun 2015 - Dec 2022
MySQL Connector/Python is implementing the MySQL Client/Server protocol completely in Python. No MySQL libraries are needed, and no compilation is necessary to run this Python DB API v2.0 compliant driver. Documentation & Download: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-python/en
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:557 commits, 12 comments in 7 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Nuno contributed to the MySQL Connector/Python project by preparing and implementing release updates. Their work included modifying version files and implementing and testing functionalities for creating, modifying, and dropping indexes. They also fixed bugs related to the database, with a focus on type conversions and API compliance. Furthermore, the user worked on improving the handling of invalid values in various scenarios and the addition of support for multiple factor authentication.
apicompilationpythonmysqldev
nmariz/dotfiles
Nov 2015 - Jan 2023
Contributions:21 pushes, 1 branch, 1 issue in 7 years 2 months
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