I’m an experienced Software Architect specialized in modern frontend platforms, cloud-native backends and tooling. Over the past decade, I’ve led high-impact projects across media, publishing, e-commerce, real-time streaming and geospatial domains, from rebuilding mission-critical systems to driving architectural migrations. I bring deep expertise in React, React Native, GraphQL, AWS and event-driven systems, with a proven ability to align technical direction with product and business goals. I’ve helped startups and enterprise teams ship faster, scale reliably and level up developer experience. Beyond code, I’m known for clear communication, pragmatic leadership and mentoring engineers to think in systems.
Experience: 11 years
Yearly salary: $0
Hourly rate: $0
Nationality: 🇵🇹 Portugal
Residency: 🇵🇹 Portugal
Experience
Software Architect (remote contractor)
Confidential metalworks corporation 2024 - 2025
Re-architected a customer-facing sales web app for metalworks manufacturers; Led frontend development using React, Next.js and a UI library built atop of MUI; Led backend development using Nest.js with MongoDB, deployed on ECS Fargate; Led DevOps and infrastructure using CDK for IaC and GitOps for deployments.
Software Architect (remote contractor)
Confidential mobile app 2024 - 2025
Confidential mobile app | Las Vegas, NV, USA Re-architected a mobile P2P marketplace for premium second-hand sneakers; Migrated from native iOS and Android apps to a single React Native mobile app; Migrated from a custom-built backend to a Medusa based eCommerce solution; Led DevOps and infrastructure using CDK for IaC and GitOps for deployments.
Software Architect (remote contractor)
Roblox 2023 - 2025
Migrated legacy WP marketing sites to an Angular stack and ButterCMS; Developed backend features and integrations with Serverless Framework; Co-developed custom UI library and design system using Sass and Storybook; Led R&D for an architectural shift from SPA/SSR to SSG for performance gains; Owned DevOps, from GitOps deployments (CDK/SST) to monitoring (Sentry); Built marketing chatbots using finite state machines with XState.
Co-founder & CTO (remote)
Outstrip 2023 - 2024
Led development of the MVP for a 1-click basket-staking wallet for Cosmos coins; Built with Capacitor and Capsule (Para), achieving native-like perf across devices; Owned the full architecture, from frontend and backend to cloud infrastructure; Designed an NFT token sale model to fund the project and bootstrap adoption.
Software Architect (remote contractor)
1/ST 2022 - 2024
Architected a greenfield cross-platform TV app for live betting on sports races; Led React Native frontend with a bespoke UI library built on top of Gluestack UI; Integrated Dolby.io Real-time Streaming (WebRTC) for low-latency streaming; Built a serverless backend with AWS Lambda, API Gateway, and DynamoDB; Exposed a real-time GraphQL API with support for real-time subscriptions; Led DevOps and infrastructure using CDK for IaC and GitOps for deployments.
Software Architect (remote)
Skycatch 2021 - 2022
Led R&D for a unified geospatial data processing across cloud and edge devices; Designed a vendor-agnostic serverless functions and storage layer on top of k3s; Implemented Rancher for fleet management and observability; Designed GitOps-based deployments using Helmfile and Tilt for local DX.
Senior Software Engineer (remote contractor)
Skycatch 2018 - 2019
Architected and developed the frontend for a greenfield geospatial data platform; Built a modular React app with a bespoke plugin system for UI extensibility; Built a Cesium to React wrapper for 3D surface and point cloud visualization; Developed UI library and design system using styled-system (css-in-js); Managed complex async flows using Redux and Redux-Saga.
Senior Software Engineer (remote contractor)
Wired 2017 - 2017
Led development of one of the first PWA (Progressive Web Apps) in publishing; Optimized perf with bundle splitting, tree-shaking, critical CSS, and HTTP/2; Implemented service worker with Workbox for an instant, offline-first experience; Project in collaboration with Google and showcased at Chrome Dev Summit 2017.
Senior Software Engineer (remote contractor)
The New Yorker 2017 - 2017
Led development of The New Yorker’s migration to a React SSR architecture; Re-architected the frontend for perf, SEO and scalability under high traffic; Built shared UI with CSS Modules and integrated with Condé Nast’s CMS.
Senior Software Engineer (remote contractor)
Condé Nast 2015 - 2018
Led migration from WP to React SSR for Vogue, Vanity Fair, GQ, Wired and others; Co-architected shared React SSR frontend platform for all editorial brands; Promoted best practices including accessibility, performance and code quality.
Senior Software Engineer (remote contractor)
NearForm 2015 - 2020
Led architecture and development of global software projects; Contributed to sponsored open source developments and initiatives; Engaged in sales engineering, thought leadership, and industry events.
Senior Software Engineer (contractor)
GoEuro 2015 - 2015
Led re-architecture and development of the mobile web experience; Led workshops and mentored teams on web design with a focus on UI/UX; Established best practices to optimize mobile performance.
Skills
architecture
aws
full-stack
graphql
javascript
nestjs
nextjs
python
react
react-native
solidity
tech-lead
truffle
typescript