About me
🇵🇹 Lisbon, Portugal
Hello! I'm Gonçalo, a Full-Stack Software Engineer who prioritizes writing clean, maintainable, and well-structured code. My core expertise lies in Java, Spring Boot, and React.
Since 2024, I’ve been working as a Full-Stack Developer, building high-availability physical security applications. My day-to-day focus centers on real-time event delivery, physical device integration, and high-concurrency alarm event processing—systems where architecture and system uptime are critical. Prior to this, I completed my Master’s thesis applying machine Learning models to satellite forest monitoring.
I also love working on side projects to experiment with new tools and architectural patterns. My recent focus areas include:
- Budget-Tracker: A budgeting web app that I use almost everyday, designed for splitting shared expenses and analysing user spending metrics.
- Sidequest: A diary-style platform for organizing ideas, media, and keeping tabs on projects. Built using a Vite React frontend, a concurrent Go backend, and a PostgreSQL database.
My Projects
Budget Tracker
Money tracking application with group balance settlements.
- React
- Next.js
- Tailwind
- Firebase
- Firestore
Sidequest
Hobby tracking app. Plan and remember your games, shows or projects.
- Go
- React
- Vite
- Tailwind
- Postgres
AfterSights
Map based event browsing application.
- Kotlin
- React
- Next.js
- Tailwind
- Spring Boot
- Postgres
Samsung Converter
A simple program to convert video files to a SamsungTV compatible format and extract embedded subtitles.
- Java
- FFmpeg
Skills
- Golang
- Java
- Kotlin
- TypeScript
- JavaScript
- Spring Boot
- Microservices
- Kafka
- SQL
- PostgreSQL
- Firestore
- Next.js
- React
- Tailwind
- Kubernetes
- ArgoCD
- Github Actions
My Experience
Software Engineer
Motorola Solutions
Full-stack development of real-time, enterprise-scale surveillance and access control systems, specializing in alarm event detection and incident response workflows.
2024-PresentMaster’s in Computer Science and Engineering
NOVA School of Science and Technology
Final Average: 17/20.
2018-2023Part-time IT teacher
Almada
Teaching children about digital literacy.
2022Consulting Internship
LinkCom - Link Consulting
Internship centered on invoice processing automation.
2021