Senior Software Engineer with 12+ years building cloud-native and event-driven systems on AWS and Azure. I focus on Kotlin/Java backends, Frontend with React, Terraform, infrastructure, AI-powered apps and data pipelines.

My goal is to deliver business value, so I enjoy engagements where I can move across backend, frontend, cloud and DevOps to help teams ship end-to-end solutions quickly.

I recently led Software Architecture and Cloud/Platform engineering at Mirriad (London, AdTech & AI). Before that, BMW Critical TechWorks (Lisbon) and other companies in Brazil and Portugal.

What I bring:
Backend and APIs in Kotlin, Java, Go and Python with Spring Boot, Quarkus, REST and GraphQL
Cloud architecture on AWS and Azure (both certified): design, IaC, security, networking, cost optimisation
Event-driven microservices with Kafka, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, SQS, SNS
AI/ML pipelines on Azure AI Services (Video Indexer, Content Understanding, Foundry)
GitHub Copilot enterprise rollout across teams and repositories
DevOps: Terraform, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Docker

Recent work:
Built AI-driven video pipelines on Azure for insights, metadata, segmentation and encoding
Reduced Mirriad's cloud spend by 60% (£330k/year)
At Mirriad, led the deployment of 100% of cloud resources as Terraform, 100% of builds and deployments on GitHub Actions
Led the company-wide rollout of GitHub Copilot agents, solving network restrictions, private artefact repos and build reliability

How I work:
Based in Lisbon, fully remote, available B2B through my Portuguese company. Engagements from short audits to multi-month leads.

Available immediately.

Certifications:
AWS Solutions Architect Associate (SAA-C03)
Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104).

Reach out if you're scaling a cloud platform, modernising a backend, building AI features or cutting cloud costs.