Ricardo Silva
Porto, Porto, Portugal
Summary
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SeniorRicardo Silva is a product-focused technologist with 8+ years of hands-on software engineering and leadership experience, recently promoted to Product Owner at Critical TechWorks in Porto. He combines a practical engineering background—from .NET development and architecture to freelance product delivery—with a knack for organizing teams and driving customer-centric outcomes. Comfortable switching between code and product strategy, Ricardo has a track record of shipping solutions across startups and consultancies, and has led teams as well as owned company-level technical direction. Rooted in strong cultural values of justice, equity and dignity, he builds collaborative relationships across diverse teams and stakeholders. A lifelong tinkerer inspired by “the world of the electron and the switch,” he brings curiosity and disciplined initiative to solving complex problems. Based in Matosinhos, Portugal, he pairs postgraduate training in medical instrumentation with broad software experience to bridge technical rigor and real-world product needs.
8 years of coding experience
Github Skills (10)
model-validation6
google-sheet5
nodejs5
resource-files5
google-sheets3
driver2
sql-server1
kibana1
visualization1
readfile1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
kalstong/i8n_generator_google_sheets
Oct 2019 - Sep 2022
Generate language resource files from Google Sheets
Contributions:21 PRs, 19 pushes, 15 branches in 2 years 11 months
google-sheetgoogle-sheetsresource-files
kalstong/amqplib-connect-ease
Sep 2023 - Jun 2024
Wrapper for amqplib v0.10.3 to add connection handling.
Contributions:15 releases, 62 PRs, 59 pushes in 9 months
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