Summary
Silvino Vieira is an experienced IT consultant and Python backend engineer with 11 years building scalable, high-performance APIs and backend systems across fintech, startups, and consulting engagements. Based in Porto, he has held both hands-on development and leadership roles—from senior developer at Zoop to development team lead at Flipkick and Finxi—demonstrating an ability to move teams from prototype to production. His background spans Django/Django REST Framework, API design, database management and AWS infrastructure, with early embedded/C++ and Qt experience that informs pragmatic engineering choices. Comfortable mentoring junior engineers and collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders, he repeatedly delivers maintainable systems under tight deadlines. Currently consulting for QuickOps and Natixis in Portugal, he brings the adaptability of a consultant plus the product focus of a startup engineer. Colleagues value his blend of technical depth and operational sense, particularly his knack for translating legacy constraints into modern, testable architectures.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Engineer’s Degree Electronics and Computer Engineering, Engineer’s Degree Electronics and Computer Engineering at Polytechnic School of UFRJ
Portuguese, English, Spanish