Samuel Pereira
Senior Software Engineer at Glovo
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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Top SchoolSamuel Pereira is a senior software engineer with over a decade of experience delivering distributed, event-driven microservices and data pipelines across e-commerce, logistics, and retail at companies like ThoughtWorks and Glovo. He blends hands-on backend expertise in Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, AWS/Azure, and CI/CD with leadership roles as Tech Lead and Scrum Master, driving high-frequency deployments and architecture improvements. A pragmatic TDD and agile advocate, he has improved code quality and delivery practices across nearshore and international teams. Samuel is also an active open-source contributor, notably improving HubSpot's Jinjava template engine, demonstrating deep understanding of expression evaluation and testing. Based in Barcelona, he brings a rare mix of systems-thinking, integration-focused engineering, and clear stakeholder communication.
12 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at UNI7 - Centro Universitário 7 de SetembroVoxy
Portuguese, English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (11)
javas10
expression-language10
template-engine10
java10
testing10
junit9
commerce6
docker6
docker-compose6
amazon-ec26
amazon-ecs6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
HubSpot/jinjava
Jun 2020 - Jun 2020
Jinja template engine for Java
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 6 commits, 1 PR in 1 day
Contributions summary:Samuel primarily focused on enhancing the Jinjava template engine for Java. Their contributions involved refactoring code to eliminate redundancies, fixing issues related to expression resolution, and adding tests to cover specific bug scenarios in the evaluation of "is" conditions. Furthermore, the user improved the code style by applying a consistent format to ensure readability. The changes demonstrate expertise in the underlying logic of the Jinjava engine, and testing its functionalities.
template-enginetemplatejinjajinja-templatejava
samukce/delivery
Feb 2019 - Aug 2021
Simple delivery control system
Contributions:6 releases, 13 PRs, 203 pushes in 2 years 6 months
control-systemreactjselectron-appoffline-first
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