Nuno Oliveira
Director Of Engineering at Checkmarx
Trofa, Portugal
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Top SchoolNuno Oliveira is a Director of Engineering with 12 years of experience leading R&D and cross-functional software teams at Checkmarx, where he progressed from developer to senior leadership since 2014. He combines deep technical roots in program comprehension and language engineering—evident from his MSc and PhD research at Universidade do Minho—with practical product delivery across security-focused tooling. Nuno has a track record of building and scaling engineering organizations, mentoring teams, and translating research-driven ideas into production software. He has also taught as an invited lecturer, signaling strong communication skills and a commitment to developing talent. Based in Trofa, Portugal, he brings a research-informed perspective to engineering leadership, often bridging academic rigor with pragmatic execution.
12 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Master in Informatics, Software Analysis, Languages Engineering, Program Comprehension, Master in Informatics, Software Analysis, Languages Engineering, Program Comprehension at Universidade do Minho
Portuguese, English, Spanish, Italian, German
Github Skills (14)
verify10
runnable9
benchmark9
sast8
vulnerabilities8
owasp8
security8
vulnerability8
java8
vulnerability-detection7
secure-coding7
fuzzing7
static-analysis7
json2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
pnpo/doctools
Sep 2013 - Dec 2014
Contributions:137 commits in 1 year 3 months
pnpo/ExaminationApp
Oct 2016 - Dec 2016
Contributions:37 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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