# João (@jopiju.co)

Profile: https://sifa.id/p/jopiju.co
Headline: Software Engineer II at Kaluza
Location: Portugal

## About

With a background in GIS I've found in programming the ignition to create something meaningful. A continuous learner aiming to make a difference and to be part of something bigger. Matching socks are not my thing. Tech is my focus.

## Career

- **Software Engineer II at Kaluza** (Mar 2024 - Present)
  Porto
  \- Delivered a new direct debit payment model as a core capability for cross-region retailers;
  \- Delivered bulk payments processing, batch-handling thousands of payments from client files;
  \- Authored technical designs, working closely with the team's tech leads to shape architecture decisions;
  \- Onboarded and mentored 3 new joiners, accelerating their ramp-up and team velocity
- **Software Engineer I at Kaluza** (May 2022 - Feb 2024)
  Porto
  \- Built payments platform for Australian energy customers from scratch, scaling it to production to +100k customers, including different types of payments, refunds and reconciliation process;
  \- Set up core backend infrastructure and repository, including CI/CD pipelines, laying the foundation for the platform's developer workflow;
  \- Enforced security best practices within the team from password management to token rotation;
- **Software Engineer at OVO Energy** (Sep 2021 - Apr 2022)
  Lisboa, PT
  \- Contributed to the scheduling system of the platform assigning daily routes for 100+ field engineers in the UK;
  \- Developed frontend and backend features for the scheduling platform;
  \- Set up CI/CD pipelines and AWS infrastructure for the project using infrastructure-as-code;
- **Technical Consultant at Vtxrm - Software Factory** (Apr 2021 - Aug 2021)
  Lisboa, PT
  \- Developed backend features for a credit and leasing management platform for Volkswagen Financial Services in China;
- **Junior Full-Stack Developer at Banco Bni Europa** (May 2018 - Aug 2020)
  \- Developed features for the Flex credit platform, enabling speeding up the loan approval and reducing the human intervention to just a few steps;
  \- Built automated test suites for Flex UI platform, simulating different users for loan-requesting scenarios, improving the release confidence;
  \- Designed databse views supporting the new data wharehouse project, enabling easier reporting and analytics across multiple business areas;

## Projects

- **Projeto de Seminário: Localização ideal de um bar na Freguesia da Misericórdia - Lisboa (17 valores)** (May 2014 - Present)

## Skills

### Other
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Apache Kafka
- ASP.NET
- ASP.NET MVC
- C (Programming Language)
- C#
- CircleCI
- CSS
- Databricks Products
- Datadog
- Django
- Docker
- Engineering
- English
- Fastify
- Flask
- Git
- GitHub
- GraphQL
- Hibernate
- HTML
- Inglês
- Java
- JavaScript
- Kotlin
- Kubernetes
- Microservices
- Microsoft Power BI
- Microsoft SQL Server
- MySQL
- NestJS
- OOP
- Oratória
- PostgreSQL
- Programming
- Python (Programming Language)
- Quarkus
- React Native
- REST
- Selenium
- Software Design
- Software Infrastructure
- SQL
- Terraform
- Trabalho em equipe
- TypeScript
- Unix
- Web Development

## Credentials

- CS50x — HarvardX (Dec 2020) https://cs50.harvard.edu/certificates/af72d6d7-67aa-4086-80fb-edf41e8e11c3
- Computer Science 101 — Stanford University (Mar 2017) https://prod-cert-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/downloads/a74bc8dbfe2e434ca134abd146452f4f/Statement.pdf
- Knowing Pordata — Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos (Nov 2016) https://training.sabe-extend.com/learn/conhecer-a-pordata-academia-pordata/certificate.pdf?user_id=13315

## Education

- **** (2018)
  A 14-Week Intensive && Immersive Java && JavaScript FullStack Coding Bootcamp  // Programming in Java Introduction to Computer Science and Programming Version Control Systems Java Programming Language Object Oriented Programming  // Advanced Concepts and Tools Documentation and Code Conventions Network Programming Concurrent Programming Software Engineering Build Systems Testing Debugging  // Databases, Frameworks and Web Development Relational Database Management Systems Java Database Connectivity Java Persistence Spring Framework Java Web Programming  // Frontend Development with JavaScript JS Fundamentals Frontend Web Development jQuery Library AngularJS Framework
  Activities & Societies: FullStack Developer
- **Free Code Camp** — Full Stack Web Development Certification (2017 - 2018)
- **University of Lisbon** — Master's degree student in Geographic Information Systems (2014 - 2015)
- **University of Lisbon** — Licentiate degree (2010 - 2014)
  Licentiate Degree in Geography with specialisation in Geographic Information Systems

## Languages

- Portuguese (native)
- English (full professional)
- Spanish (limited working)

## Links

- linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joaopjcoelho