Rui Botto is a Senior Frontend Engineer based in Vienna with 11 years of experience building performant, scalable React applications and design systems for high-traffic consumer products. At Eversports he has driven the modern frontend stack across multiple teams, owned the company design system, introduced testing and tooling practices, and used product analytics to shape OKRs for the B2C platform serving 250k monthly users. He combines hands-on component work—evidenced by contributions to the widely used Material-UI library—with coaching and hiring responsibilities, acting as technical lead on several initiatives. Rui is known for a pragmatic focus on code quality and delivery, and for automating developer workflows (e.g., GitHub bots and CI integrations) to boost team productivity. He brings a rare blend of product-minded engineering and open-source experience, plus a background in dataflow orchestration from his academic internship work.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master in Informatics and Computation Engineering Computer Software Engineering, Master in Informatics and Computation Engineering Computer Software Engineering at Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto
High School Diploma with Biology and Computer Sciences Science and Technology, High School Diploma with Biology and Computer Sciences Science and Technology at Colégio Luso-Francês
Master’s Degree Computer Science, Master’s Degree Computer Science at Ghent University
Material UI: Comprehensive React component library that implements Google's Material Design. Free forever.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Contributions:24 commits, 21 PRs, 10 comments in 2 months
Contributions summary:Rui primarily contributed to the Material UI library by implementing and refining React components. Their work includes adding features to the Select and Tooltip components, such as supporting multiple values and displaying placeholder text. They also addressed issues related to accessibility, such as ensuring the correct behavior of disabled buttons within Tooltips. Furthermore, the user was responsible for adding and refining demos for various components including the Dialog and BottomNavigation.
Contributions:17 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 11 months
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Rui Botto - Senior Frontend Engineer at Eversports