Sara Fernandes
Invited Auxiliary Lecturer at Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto
Porto, Porto, Portugal
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Top SchoolSara Fernandes is a software engineer and educator with nine years of experience bridging academia and industry, currently serving as IT Senior System Analyst at Infineon and Invited Auxiliary Lecturer at FEUP. She holds a PhD in Informatics Engineering and has led applied research on live refactoring to improve understandability and code quality in industrial systems. Skilled in Agile practices, refactoring, and software lifecycle management, she has also acted as application owner and service lead for enterprise IT portfolios. Sara frequently teaches and mentors—delivering Python and data science modules—and has chaired multiple student and research conferences, reflecting strong communication and leadership in academic settings. Her profile blends hands-on operational responsibility with research-driven improvements to software quality, a combination that helps translate academic insights into practical engineering outcomes.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Doctoral Program in Informatics Engineering, Doctoral Program in Informatics Engineering at Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do PortoSciences and Technologies, Sciences and Technologies at Escola Secundária da Trofa
Portuguese, English, French, Spanish, German
Github Skills (4)
minecraft3
fabric2
forge2
storage1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
saracouto1318/LiveRef
May 2022 - Aug 2022
Contributions:35 commits, 18 pushes in 3 months
saracouto1318/LTW
Nov 2016 - Dec 2016
Contributions:51 pushes, 1 branch in 20 days
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