{João Nuno Santos}

Software Engineer

Lisbon (Portugal)Zurich (Switzerland)

Focused on AI, Distributed Systems, and building things that matter. I hold an MSc in Computer Science & Software Engineering from NOVA SST (Lisbon, Portugal). When I'm not coding, you'll find me at the gym or behind my drum kit.

Projects

Things I've built and contributed to

FitLakeIn Progress
A personal fitness analytics dashboard that aggregates data from multiple sources into a single unified view.
TypeScriptReactJSNext.jsTailwindCSSshadcn/uiPythonFastAPIRailway
ThinkraIn Progress
A tool to log your daily goals and achievements. (Inspired by the book "The Gap and the Gain" by Dan Sullivan)
TypeScriptReactSupabaseshadcn/ui

Experience

My professional journey

Servicenow Engineer

September 2024 - Present(1 yr 6 mo)
Volkswagen Group Digital Solutions

JavascriptServicenowITSMAgileTroubleshootingStakeholder Collaboration

Frontend Developer Intern

October 2022 - March 2023(6 mo)
Pulsar Finance

ReactJSTailwindCSSNextJSReactQueryZustandFigmaAgile

Education

Academic background

M.Sc. Computer Science and Engineering

2023 - 2025
NOVA School of Sciente & Technology

Broad exposure to modern software engineering practices, from distributed systems to machine learning fundamentals. Thesis: "Identifying Operation Commutativity in Replicated Distributed Systems"

B.Sc. Computer Science and Engineering

2019 - 2023
NOVA School of Sciente & Technology

Core foundations in algorithms, data structures, and software engineering principles.

Certifications

Continuous learning

Meta React Specialization
Meta2026

Events

Hackathons and Conferences

ETHLisbon

2025
Hackathon

ETHBarcelona

Endaoment - Best tool for viral donation campaings
2023
Hackathon

ETHGlobal Lisbon

Lens Protocol - Best use case
2023
Hackathon

Tools & Technologies

My technical toolkit

Languages

TypeScriptJavaScriptJavaPythonSQL

Frontend

ReactNext.jsTailwindCSSMotionTanStack Query

Backend

Node.jsSupabaseExpress

Tools

GitCursorFigmaNotion

AI

ClaudeGPT

Get in Touch

Let's work together

I'm always open to new opportunities, collaborations, or just a friendly chat about technology. Feel free to reach out!

Send me an email