Tiago Vale is a Principal Software Engineer based in Lisbon with 15 years of experience designing and scaling database and backend systems. He has progressed through senior engineering roles at SingleStore since 2020 and previously contributed to Oracle MySQL, giving him deep expertise in high-performance data platforms. Holding an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Universidade Nova de Lisboa, he blends rigorous research background with pragmatic production engineering. Tiago is known for driving architectural improvements and mentoring teams while staying hands-on in code and performance tuning. He maintains a public technical portfolio at tvale.github.io, reflecting a habit of documenting projects and learnings beyond day-to-day work. That combination of academic depth, product-grade database experience, and an inclination to publish makes him effective at solving both novel research problems and operational production challenges.
15 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science at Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 3 months
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Tiago Vale - Principal Software Engineer at SingleStore