Rui Cardoso
Principal Backend Developer at Smartex.ai
Porto, Porto, Portugal
Summary
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Top SchoolRui Cardoso is a Principal Backend Developer based in Porto with 11 years of hands-on experience building Node.js and PHP services for travel tech and AI startups. He progressed from PHP web development into full-stack and backend specialization, shipping production systems at companies like Hostelworld and Blip before moving into senior and principal roles at Smartex.ai. Rui combines practical backend architecture, API design and legacy-modernization experience with front-end familiarity from early AngularJS work, which helps him bridge product and engineering teams. He holds degrees in Informatics Engineering and postgraduate studies in Knowledge Technologies and Decision, bringing an analytical approach to engineering trade-offs. Colleagues value him for steady technical leadership and translating complex requirements into maintainable, scalable services.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Informatic, Informatic at Escola Superior de Tecnologia de ViseuFrequency of Master's Degree Technologies of Knowledge and Decision, Frequency of Master's Degree Technologies of Knowledge and Decision at Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto
Portuguese, English, Spanish
Github Skills (18)
recurrent-neural-networks9
encog9
stream9
convolutional-neural-networks8
nodejs7
api7
chess-engine7
browser6
machine-learning5
javascript5
neural-network4
gpu4
tensorflow4
webgpu2
rendering1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
redsoul/encog
Apr 2017 - Jun 2021
Encog is a NodeJs ES6 framework based on the Encog Machine Learning Framework by Jeff Heaton.
Contributions:16 commits, 13 PRs, 81 pushes in 4 years 2 months
back-propagationresilient-propagationjavascriptneural-networksmachine-learning
redsoul/black-horse
Jun 2018 - Jun 2021
Chess engine built in Javascript
Contributions:22 commits, 3 PRs, 26 pushes in 3 years
chess-enginebuilt-injavascriptstandart-algebraic-notation
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