Pedro Baptista
Software Engineer at Polytechnic Institute of Viseu
Viseu, Viseu, Portugal
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Top SchoolPedro Baptista is a software engineer based in Viseu, Portugal, with eight years of professional experience and a background as an operating room nurse, bringing rare clinical insight to healthcare and safety-critical software. He has worked across consultancy and product teams at companies like Critical Techworks and Veeam, and teaches computer engineering topics as an invited lecturer, bridging academia and industry. Pedro contributes to open-source—improving global holiday rules and regional Portuguese calendars in the holidays Python library—demonstrating attention to correctness and internationalization. He holds a master's in Computer Engineering (Information Systems) and combines full-stack development experience with domain-driven thinking informed by a decade in clinical practice.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master's Computer Engineering - Information Systems, Master's Computer Engineering - Information Systems at Instituto Politécnico de ViseuPós-graduação Supervisão Clínica , Pós-graduação Supervisão Clínica at Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro
English, Portuguese, Spanish
Github Skills (9)
calculator10
calculation10
python10
cal10
calc10
calendars10
test-automation9
git7
read-me5
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
vacanza/holidays
Oct 2022 - Dec 2022
Open World Holidays Framework
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:9 reviews, 8 commits, 15 PRs in 2 months
Contributions summary:Pedro primarily contributed to improving the `holidays` Python library by adding holiday definitions and fixing documentation. Their work included adding district-specific holidays for Portugal and updating Brazil's holiday rules to reflect legal changes. They also refactored Japan's equinox holidays and Chile's indigenous people day calculation. These changes demonstrate their focus on enhancing the library's accuracy and coverage of global holidays.
utilitiespython310pythonpypicalendar
codesquadnest/tesla-smart-charger
Nov 2023 - Mar 2025
Dynamic charge your tesla using default charger
Contributions:63 reviews, 167 PRs, 208 pushes in 1 year 3 months
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