Knokio

SRE — Etleap

SRE — Etleap (2021 — present)

Led infrastructure enhancements, including infrastructure-as-code (IaC) and continuous improvement of CI/CD pipelines to optimize efficiency and scalability.

Key Achievements

• AWS Infrastructure Optimization: Managed and optimized AWS cloud infrastructure, driving cost reductions while enhancing system performance and scalability.

• Terraform Expertise: Enhanced and maintained Terraform configurations for B2B private installations within AWS VPCs, ensuring seamless deployment and efficient resource management.

• CI/CD Performance: Reduced CI build times in CircleCI from over 60 minutes to under 35 minutes, significantly improving development cycle speed and efficiency.

• Comprehensive Monitoring: Defined and implemented comprehensive monitoring solutions, including metrics, alarms, APM, and proactive processes to ensure system reliability and performance.

Technologies: AWS, Terraform, CircleCI, Infrastructure as Code, APM, Monitoring

Mobile Product Lead — Telpark

Mobile Product Lead Telpark — Premium Minds (2019 — present)

Led the development of the #1 car parking app in Spain and Portugal, serving over 4 million users with seamless parking solutions.

Key Achievements

• Market Leadership: Successfully developed and maintained the leading car parking application in the Iberian Peninsula, serving over 4 million active users.

• Product Research & Innovation: Conducted in-depth research and evaluation of existing and emerging products to identify new sales opportunities and enhance the product offering.

• Cross-functional Collaboration: Collaborated closely with cross-functional teams, including Car Parks and On-street Legislation, to align development plans and ensure regulatory compliance.

• B2B Relationship Management: Strengthened B2B customer relationships by actively engaging users and continuously improving their experience with the product.

Impact: #1 parking app in Spain & Portugal, 4M+ users, enhanced B2B partnerships

Infrastructure Lead/SRE — Telpark

Infrastructure Lead/SRE Telpark — Premium Minds (2017 — 2012)

Led the transformation of automated infrastructure, implementing infrastructure-as-code (IaC) practices, rigorous monitoring, and optimizing CI/CD pipelines for enhanced efficiency.

Major Achievements

• Reliability Transformation: Achieved a significant improvement in platform stability, increasing uptime from frequent downtimes to 99.95% reliability.

• Infrastructure as Code Migration: Migrated the existing manual deploys to Terraform IaC, successfully integrating development teams into the infrastructure management process.

• Container Orchestration: Successfully migrated to the Nomad orchestrator, enhancing scalability, resource utilization, and deployment efficiency.

• Monitoring Excellence: Defined and implemented comprehensive monitoring solutions, including metrics, alarms, application performance monitoring (APM), and proactive processes to ensure system reliability.

• CI/CD Standardization: Developed a unified Jenkins pipeline for all microservices and jobs, streamlining the CI process and ensuring consistency across the platform.

Technologies: Terraform, Nomad, Jenkins, AWS, APM, Infrastructure as Code

Impact: 99.95% uptime, unified CI/CD, automated infrastructure management

Product Manager — Winphar

Product Manager Winphar — Premium Minds (2015 — 2016)

Pharmacy POS, Backend system and Automated order system

Key Responsibilities

• Technical Debt Management: Designed the roadmap to refactor the software, addressing significant technical debt and modernizing the codebase.

• Agile Leadership: Led the development using Scrum & Kanban methodologies, ensuring efficient project delivery and team collaboration.

• Communication Enhancement: Improved the communication flow between client/helpdesk/development team, resulting in better issue resolution and customer satisfaction.

Technologies: POS Systems, Backend Architecture, Automated Ordering

Methodologies: Scrum, Kanban, Technical Debt Management

CTO, Lead Developer

Limetree

Jun 2012 - Oct 2014

Researcher

INESC-ID

Oct 2011 - May 2011

  • Project focused on gathering political personas information from public websites
  • Web scrapping
  • Machine learning

CEO, Founder

MyOut

Jan 2011 - May 2014

Leading developer of the platform. Brand development, web site traffic growth, web site UI.

PHP Developer

Sanoma Media

May 2011 - Sep 2011

  • Specialized in Social Media applications
  • Development of Facebook and Twitter applications
  • Use of Facebook and Twitter API
  • Integrate existing websites with social plugins and tools
  • Create interactive widgets to include in blogs, websites
  • Agile prototyping of creative ideas, business development decisions

Java Developer

CIIST Instituto Superior Técnico

Dec 2009 - Dec 2010

  • Worked on projects Fénix and Aquisitions
  • Projects used by more than 12k students and 4k staff members every week
  • Used across several universities and manages all courses, finance, people.
  • Monitor site technical performance and web servers
  • Creating and maintaining existing modules
  • Designing and developing internet applications and ensuring strong web optimization and functionality

Web Developer

Xbox Portugal

Mar 2008 - Aug 2008

Remodeling the frontend of #1 unofficial Xbox portal. Create a back-office with user and news management and a complete module to interact with