Vitor Pedro
CTO at Youverse
Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Summary
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Top SchoolVitor Pedro is a CTO and seasoned software engineer with nearly a decade focused on real-time image processing, computer vision and machine learning, holding an MSc in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Coimbra. He has led end-to-end development of medical-grade and biometric products—most notably driving the in.sight endoscopic video enhancement system and passenger recognition solutions for border-control cameras—bridging research, embedded systems and scalable SaaS. At Youverse he progressed from lead engineer to VP of Engineering and now CTO, architecting containerized AI deployments, embedded capture pipelines and privacy-first face authentication services. Comfortable across C/C++, Python, CUDA and cloud-native stacks, he combines hands-on algorithmic optimization with product-facing responsibilities like IEC 62304-compliant software processes and SCRUM adoption. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic engineering leader who turns complex imaging and ML research into reliable, deployable systems that prioritize safety and privacy.
9 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
MSc Electrical and Computer Engineering, MSc Electrical and Computer Engineering at Universidade de CoimbraEnsino Secundário Ciências, Ensino Secundário Ciências at Escola Secundária de Avelar Brotero
Portuguese, English
Github Skills (17)
flask-api7
face-api6
flask-application6
face6
flask5
flask-restful5
authentication5
webcam5
api4
pipeline4
face-recognition4
python4
face-detection3
sdk3
pypi3
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
dev-yoonik/yk-utils-python
Jan 2022 - Jan 2024
Contributions:15 releases, 8 reviews, 26 PRs in 1 year 11 months
dev-yoonik/yoonik-okta-example-python
Dec 2021 - May 2023
Flask example app with Okta login and YooniK Face Authentication as a second-factor
Contributions:1 release, 2 reviews, 16 PRs in 1 year 5 months
pythonyooniksecond-factorflaskauthentication
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