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Resume
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Resume

Summary

Software engineer with 8 years of professional experience in fast-paced, product-led environments. Well versed in application development, systems design, and cloud infrastructure. Currently building Napo’s backend with the goal of revolutionising Pet Care in the UK.

Work Experience

  • May 2022 - Present - Senior Software Engineer, Napo Pet Insurance, London, UK
    Achievements:

    • Successfully led multiple backend projects for the development of an online platform from PoC to production.
    • Successfully set up and led a project to set up payment processing for mobile app subscriptions (Apple and Google in-app purchases).
    • Architected microservices and developed 5+ services.
    • Spearheaded transition to event-based architecture on a company level.
    • Integrated with multiple third-party APIs.
    • Mentored mid-level engineers that have since been promoted.
    • Created a knowledge sharing platform for the engineering team

    Technologies:

    • Python3.11, FastApi, PubSub, Terraform, GCP, Docker, Postgres, Apple and Google In-App Purchases, Datadog, Django and DRF

  • March 2021 - May 2022 - Platform Engineer, TouchSurgery by Medtronic, London, UK
    Achievements:

    • Optimized media processes, boosting global availability of video content.
    • Enhanced video product observability using Honeycomb.
    • Directed product localisation into multiple languages, increasing global reach of products.
    • Developed APIs and internal tools.
    • Authored technical proposals and reports.
    • Mentored mid and junior level engineers.
    • Advocated for culture and best practices

    Technologies:

    • Python3, Honeycomb, Cloudfront, S3, Elemental Mediaconvert, Cloudwatch, Django, REST, BFF

  • Oct. 2019 - March 2021 - Senior Software Engineer, TouchSurgery by Medtronic, London, UK Achievements:

    • Designed and implemented a multithreaded embedded data processing Python application controlled via websockets.
    • Developed in-house libraries and contributed to production deployments.
    • Promoted best SW development practices through: GitFlow, automated pipelines, unit test suites.
    • Liaised with several product development teams (software and hardware) to ensure accuracy of process and product quality.

    Technologies:

    • Python3, asyncio, websockets, boto3, SQLAlchemy, unittest, nginx, Bitbucket Pipelines, Git, Linux

  • June 2018 - Oct 2019 - Full-Stack Developer, University of California Davis, Iquitos, Peru Achievements:

    • Enhanced a Django-based data management system for better storage and visualization.
    • Migrated legacy MySQL data to a normalized Postgres database.
    • Managed UNIX server deployment and maintenance, greatly improving uptime.
    • Built a corporate network, improving data flow and security.

    Technologies:

    • Python, Django, Apache, PostgresSQL, MySQL, Wireshark, OpenVPN, Javascript, jQuery, HTML, CSS, Bash

  • March 2017 - June 2018 - Junior Full-Stack Developer, Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Lisbon, Portugal

    Achievements:

    • Designed and implemented a hybrid mobile application.
    • Implemented an OCR algorithm capable of reading bivalve commercial labels.
    • API development for communication between the mobile application and the server.

    Technologies:

    • Python, Django, Apache, Django Rest Framework, Ionic2

Education

  • Research Intern - Sensor Based Cooperative Robotics Laboratory, 2016, Macau, China

    Designed and tested a discrete-time Kalman filter using Matlab to estimate the location of an underwater vehicle.

  • Undergraduate Researcher - IIT Madras Research Lab, 2015, Chennai, India

    Developed a testing environment in C to predict the Satellite’s orbit and facilitate potential route corrections through the induction of magnetic fields.

  • Master’s Degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering - Técnico Lisboa, 2015 - 2018, Lisbon, Portugal

    Major - Systems, Decision & Control

    Minor - Telecommunications

  • Coursework for Master’s Degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering - Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M), 2015 - 2016, Chennai, India

  • Bachelor Degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering - Técnico Lisboa, 2011 - 2015, Lisbon, Portugal

Publications