{João Nuno Santos}

Software Engineer

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.

Projects

Things I've built and contributed to

FitLakeLive
A personal fitness analytics dashboard that aggregates data from multiple sources into a single unified view.
TypeScriptReactNext.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

Software Engineer

May 2026 - Present(1 mo)
Volkswagen Group Digital Solutions
Full-Stack DevelopmentSpring BootKotlinReactTypeScriptAWSGitPostgreSQLCypressKafkaDockerAgile

Servicenow Engineer

September 2024 - May 2026(1 yr 9 mo)
Volkswagen Group Digital Solutions
JavascriptServiceNowGitAgileITSMTroubleshootingStakeholder Collaboration

Frontend Developer Intern

October 2022 - March 2023(6 mo)
Pulsar Finance
ReactTailwindCSSNextJSReactQueryZustandFigmaAgile

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
Coursera2026
Spring Boot + Apache Kafka Course
Udemy2026
Build RESTFUL APIs using Kotlin and Spring Boot
Udemy2026
Introduction to Kotlin for Java Developers
Udemy2026
Cypress: E2E Test Automation - Getting Started
Udemy2026
Docker for the Absolute Beginner - Hands On - DevOps
Udemy2026

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

TypeScriptJavaScriptKotlinJavaPythonSQL

Frontend

ReactNext.jsTailwindCSSshadcn/uiMotionTanStack QueryZustand

Backend

Spring BootFastAPINode.jsExpressSupabasePostgreSQLKafka

Tools

DockerAWSCypressGitCursorFigmaNotion

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