João Silva
Full-Stack Developer
Full-stack developer with 5+ years building production-grade web applications. Experienced across the entire stack — from React frontends to Node.js and Python backends, database design, and cloud infrastructure. Focused on writing clean, testable code and delivering impactful products. Fluent in Portuguese and English, and thrive in remote-first, async teams.
Work Experience
Cloudburst Technologies — Remote (Lisbon, PT)
Lead development of a SaaS analytics platform serving 50,000+ users. Architected a React/TypeScript frontend with a Node.js microservices backend, reducing page load times by 40%. Introduced automated testing practices that raised code coverage from 30% to 85%.
Key Achievements
- Redesigned the data pipeline ingestion system, cutting processing time by 60%
- Mentored 3 junior developers and established team coding standards
- Migrated legacy REST APIs to GraphQL, improving developer experience across frontend teams
- Deployed infrastructure-as-code with Terraform, reducing deployment times from hours to minutes
Nexora Digital — Lisbon, Portugal
Built and maintained customer-facing web applications for e-commerce and fintech clients. Collaborated closely with design and product teams to deliver features on tight deadlines. Owned the frontend architecture for a flagship payments dashboard handling €2M+ in daily transactions.
Key Achievements
- Developed a reusable component library adopted by 4 product teams
- Integrated third-party payment gateways (Stripe, MB Way) with full test coverage
- Optimised database queries, reducing API response times by 35%
- Collaborated on a complete UX redesign that increased user conversion by 22%
Education
B.Sc. in Computer Science and Engineering
Graduated with honours. Final thesis on distributed key-value stores and consistency models in microservice architectures. Participated in ACM ICPC regional competitions and led the university's open-source club.