Vasco Cardoso
Backend Software Engineer at ITGest Portugal
Lisbon, Portugal
Summary
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Top SchoolVasco Cardoso is a backend software engineer based in Lisbon who transitioned from a successful career as a published novelist and advertising copywriter into web development after completing Le Wagon’s Full Stack Bootcamp. With eight years of professional experience spanning marketing, copywriting for major brands, and recent backend work at ITGest Portugal, he brings a rare blend of storytelling, user-focused communication, and technical rigor to engineering teams. Skilled in Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, HTML and CSS, Vasco pairs product-minded backend development with the creative instincts honed from crafting narratives and campaigns. He’s proven at translating complex requirements into clear, user-centric solutions and enjoys mentoring, having served as a teaching assistant at Le Wagon. Unobvious but valuable: his background in advertising means he approaches code with an acute sense of brand and user voice, useful for API design and developer-facing documentation.
8 years of coding experience
Full Stack Web Development Bootcamp, Computer Programming, Full Stack Web Development Bootcamp, Computer Programming at Le WagonLicenciate, Business Administration and Management, General, Licenciate, Business Administration and Management, General at Universidade de CoimbraCopywriting, Advertising, Copywriting, Advertising at Lisbon ad School
English
Github Skills (2)
minecraft6
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Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
vrmcardoso/gravy
Nov 2022 - Dec 2022
Contributions:90 PRs, 52 pushes, 92 branches in 16 days
vrmcardoso/browery
Nov 2022 - Dec 2022
Contributions:62 commits, 41 PRs, 32 pushes in 24 days
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