João Nuno Santos

Role
Software Engineer
Based in
Lisbon (Portugal) --:--
Zürich (Switzerland) --:--

Software Engineer building full-stack systems at scale. Focused on AI, Distributed Systems, and products that actually ship. When I'm not building, you might find me lifting weights, running from who knows what, or behind my drum kit.

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Selected work

2 projects

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FitLake

Open Source
FitLake health overview: six metric cards with sparklines for body battery, heart rate, sleep, steps, stress and training readiness.

A personal fitness analytics dashboard that aggregates data from Garmin, Strava and Hevy into a single unified view.

TypeScript · React · Next.js · TailwindCSS · shadcn/ui · Python · FastAPI · Railway

SourceLive demo

02

Thinkra

Open Source

A tool to log your daily goals and achievements. (Inspired by the book "The Gap and the Gain" by Dan Sullivan)

TypeScript · React · Supabase · shadcn/ui

SourceLive demo

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Experience

Volkswagen Group Digital Solutions

September 2024 – Present

  1. Software Engineer

    May 2026 – Present6 mo

    Building and maintaining MAN Perform, MAN Truck & Bus's fleet performance platform for monitoring vehicle and driver KPIs, shipping full-stack features in an AWS-based, Agile team.

    Full-Stack Development · Spring Boot · Kotlin · React · TypeScript · AWS · Git · PostgreSQL · Cypress · Kafka · Docker · Agile

  2. ServiceNow Engineer

    September 2024 – May 20261 yr 9 mo

    Built and maintained ServiceNow workflows and automation for MAN Truck & Bus, working with stakeholders to deliver scalable, user-focused business solutions.

    JavaScript · ServiceNow · Git · Agile · ITSM · Troubleshooting · Stakeholder Collaboration

Pulsar Finance

October 2022 – March 2023

  1. Frontend Developer Intern

    October 2022 – March 20236 mo

    Built frontend features for a cross-chain DeFi platform, working with designers to ship responsive, production-ready interfaces.

    React · TailwindCSS · Next.js · React Query · Zustand · Figma · Agile

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Education

September 2022–September 2025

M.Sc. Computer Science and Software Engineering

NOVA School of Science & Technology

Broad exposure to modern software engineering practices, from distributed systems to machine learning fundamentals.

Thesis: "Identifying Operation Commutativity in Replicated Distributed Systems"

September 2019–June 2022

B.Sc. Computer Science and Software Engineering

NOVA School of Science & Technology

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

Certifications · 06

Udemy2026

AI Engineer Core Track: LLM Engineering, RAG, QLoRA, Agents

Coursera2026

Meta React Specialization

Udemy2026

Spring Boot + Apache Kafka Course

Udemy2026

Build RESTFUL APIs using Kotlin and Spring Boot

Udemy2026

Cypress: E2E Test Automation – Getting Started

Udemy2026

Docker for the Absolute Beginner – Hands On – DevOps

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Hackathons

3 events

2025

ETHLisbon

2023

ETHBarcelona

Endaoment

Best tool for viral donation campaings

2023

ETHGlobal Lisbon

Lens Protocol

Best use case

05

Toolbox

Languages

TypeScript JavaScript Kotlin Java Python SQL

Frontend

React Next.js TailwindCSS shadcn/ui Motion TanStack Query Zustand

Backend

Spring Boot FastAPI Node.js Express Supabase PostgreSQL Kafka

Tooling

Docker AWS Cypress Git Cursor Figma Notion

AI

Claude GPT

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Get in touch

I'm always open to new opportunities, collaborations, or just a friendly chat about technology.

santos.joaonuno2000@gmail.com

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