resume.json

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  "basics": {
    "name": "Alexandre Portela dos Santos",
    "label": "Head of Engineering / Engineering lead / Advisor",
    "image": "https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/416209?s=460&u=38f220a2c9c658141804f881c334c594eb1642ac&v=4",
    "summary": "I'm a passionate engineer with interest in products and startups.\n\nFor the last 10+ years, I've been working with multiple companies across different roles, from developer to head of engineering, always using technology as an enabler for ideas and businesses. I've integrated and lead engineering organisations from the idea stage to the MVP, and growth stage. \n\nEven though I've worked with different types of companies, startups is where I see myself thriving, the nature of the dynamic and rapidly evolving environments deeply matches my character and skillset.",
    "website": "https://alexandrempsantos.com",
    "email": "alexandre.santozz@gmail.com",
    "location": {
      "city": "Mafra, Lisbon",
      "countryCode": "PT"
    },
    "profiles": [
      {
        "username": "ampsantos0",
        "url": "https://twitter.com/ampsantos0",
        "network": "twitter"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://github.com/asantos00",
        "username": "asantos00",
        "network": "github"
      }
    ]
  },
  "education": [
    {
      "endDate": "2012-06-01",
      "startDate": "2009-09-01",
      "area": "IT",
      "studyType": "Technical",
      "institution": "Escola Técnica e Profissional de Mafra"
    }
  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "reference": "From time to time, and not so often we are toasted with professionals that can blow our mind. They surprise you, not only for their hard skills, but mainly for the soft skills and for the people they really are. \n Well, Alexandre is simply, one of the most incredible people I had the pleasure to work with and I am lucky enough to keep talking and be with him often. I have always something to learn with him and it's a real pleasure to feel his amazing energy. It's contagious...much more than Covid19. \n Alexandre is not only a fast learner and a fantastic coder with a natural talent to communicate, but he is, mainly, a strategical thinker, an innate curious mind and a super intelligent and driven person. \n Apart from that, he has a great humor, is a huge team player and the kind of person everyone wants to be around with. \n It was and it is an honor to call him friend and to have him as one of our advisors at Agroop. Keep sharing and showing your magic. I will be always paying attention ;)",
      "name": "Bruno Fonseca, CEO @ Agroop"
    }
  ],
  "skills": [
    {
      "keywords": [
        "JavaScript",
        "TypeScript",
        "SCSS / CSS / CSS in JS",
        "React",
        "Next.js",
        "Redux",
        "Mobx"
      ],
      "level": "advanced",
      "name": "Front-end"
    },
    {
      "keywords": [
        "Node.js",
        "Deno",
        "TypeScript",
        "Python",
        "Golang",
        "Nest.js",
        "Domain-driven design (DDD)"
      ],
      "level": "advanced",
      "name": "Back-end"
    },
    {
      "keywords": [
        "Azure",
        "IaaC",
        "PostgreSQL",
        "Kubernetes",
        "Docker",
        "CircleCI",
        "GithubActions"
      ],
      "level": "proficient",
      "name": "Infrastructure"
    }
  ],
  "languages": [
    {
      "language": "English",
      "fluency": "fluent"
    },
    {
      "language": "Portuguese",
      "fluency": "native speaker"
    }
  ],
  "publications": [
    {
      "name": "Deno Web Development",
      "publisher": "PacktPub",
      "releaseDate": "2020-04-01",
      "keywords": ["Deno", "JavaScript", "TypeScript", "Web Development"],
      "website": "https://deno-web-development.com",
      "summary": "More than Write, test, maintain and deploy JavaScript and TypeScript web applications using Deno. A complete book with step-by-step explanations of Deno’s primitives, using them to build real-word applications.\n\n600+ books sold on Amazon.com"
    }
  ],
  "work": [
    {
      "summary": "WTX is the global marketplace for heavy-duty used vehicles. WTX takes care of the full process, from finding the vehicles to payment and fullfilment. Using technology and data to make used-vehicle dealing easier.",
      "website": "http://wtx.com/",
      "company": "WTX",
      "location": "Lisbon",
      "position": "Head of Engineering",
      "startDate": "2021-09-01",
      "highlights": [
        "Actively worked with business, marketing, and product as part of the business feasibility validation.",
        "Design and grow the engineering team from 0 to 20 people, integrating the team and implementing practices to allow the team to scale.",
        "Foster a customer-centric engineering organisation, creating means for constant communication with business, marketing and sales.",
        "Evangelize architecture best practices within the engineering organisation.",
        "Closely monitor engineering team members",
        "Launched a customer-facing marketplace and back-office that supported the company operations",
        "Build a multi component architecture that supported the web platforms, supplier integrations and CRM integrations.",
        "Define test, code quality, and quality assurance practices on the organisation",
        "Architect initial TypeScript (Nest.js and Next.js) applications. Regular contributor to architecture guilds.",
        "Implement and evangelize Domain Driven Design (DDD) practices on the core API behind the product",
        "Work alongside product and design to develop and iterate requirements that could be validated and implemented."
      ]
    },
    {
      "summary": "cloudmobility provides a single-purpose-cloud that enables mobility & transportation products. It is a platform that offers specialized tools for customers building and maitaining mobility applications and businesses",
      "website": "https://cloudmobility.io/",
      "company": "cloudmobility via KI labs",
      "location": "Lisbon",
      "position": "Engineering lead - namespaces as a service product",
      "startDate": "2019-03-12",
      "endDate": "2021-05-29",
      "highlights": [
        "Designed and implemented full-refactor of a React + Redux application which was the point of entry to everyone using the platform",
        "Evangelized testing practices",
        "Researched, developed PoCs, and scoped engineering roadmaps",
        "Constantly monitor and improved team dynamics, enginering practices, and lead ceremonies",
        "Lead a 5 person cross-functional team",
        "Presented multiple company-wide demonstrations of the product",
        "Mentoring and pair-programming with other developers",
        "React, Redux, CSS-in-JS, Cypress, react-testing-library, Jest, golang, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Docker"
      ]
    },
    {
      "summary": "Agroop provides solutions that enable farmers and consultants to get the best out of their crops. Their products help customers by providing detailed data and insights about the crops, enabling up to 32% of water and energy savings",
      "website": "https://agroop.net",
      "company": "Agroop",
      "location": "Lisbon",
      "position": "Engineering Advisor",
      "startDate": "2020-05-01",
      "highlights": [
        "Help the company on product/engineering topics",
        "Regularly meeting the engineering team, discussing practices and strategies to help growing the team and product"
      ]
    },
    {
      "summary": "Chemondis is the leading European B2B marketplace for chemicals. The company aims to make it easy for chemical companies to buy and sell products online, facilitating deals, quotations, and all the negotiation and discovery process.",
      "website": "https://chemondis.com/",
      "company": "Chemondis via KI labs",
      "location": "Lisbon",
      "position": "Senior full-stack developer",
      "startDate": "2018-08-06",
      "endDate": "2019-03-12",
      "highlights": [
        "Architected the React front-end application and lead the efforts to migrate from the jQuery + SSR pages.",
        "Defined standards for testing, engineering practices and coding guidelines for the front-end stack",
        "Python, Django, React, Redux, Jest, Jenkins"
      ]
    },
    {
      "summary": "Uniplaces is the marketplace for student accommodation. It provides service for landlords to list, interact and manage tenants and their stay. It's the go-to place for students to find accommodation abroad in many Europe cities",
      "website": "https://uniplaces.com/",
      "company": "Uniplaces",
      "location": "Lisbon",
      "position": "Full-stack developer",
      "startDate": "2016-10-01",
      "endDate": "2018-07-30",
      "highlights": [
        "Develop and maintain Ember.js applications. Owner of the checkout front-end application",
        "Architect and develop the Search project's frontend from scratch. Defining testing, coding and engineering guidelines",
        "Strong part of JavaScript tribe that discussed company-wide JavaScript topics",
        "Development of golang search API connected to ElasticSearch database",
        "Maintenance of a core Symfony API",
        "Ember.js, GraphQL, Node, Symfony PHP, golang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "summary": "Flag is a learning center focused on technology topics. It teaches topics from Web development to design, and mobile development",
      "website": "https://flag.pt",
      "company": "FLAG",
      "location": "Lisbon",
      "position": "Instructor - Web development",
      "startDate": "2015-11-01",
      "endDate": "2016-02-28",
      "highlights": [
        "Create and develop web development curriculum",
        "Develop, grade and evaluate tests",
        "Lecture a class of 20 students of all ages and experiences",
        "Introduce lecturers to fundamental web development topics. From DNS and how a page is served, to JavaScript and interacting with a backend"
      ]
    },
    {
      "summary": "Agroop provides solutions that enable farmers and consultants to get the best out of their crops. Their products help customers by providing detailed data and insights about the crops, enabling up to 32% of water and energy savings",
      "website": "https://agroop.net",
      "company": "Agroop",
      "location": "Lisbon",
      "position": "Lead front-end developer",
      "startDate": "2015-05-01",
      "endDate": "2016-10-30",
      "highlights": [
        "Maintain a Backbone.js application. Implementing practices to improve code discovery and reliability",
        "Architect and develop two complete PhoneGap applications, sharing code between mobile and web applications",
        "Defined standards and guidelines to develop React + Redux applications inside the company",
        "Mentor developers and evangelize testing and software architecture practices",
        "React, Backbone, SCSS, Jest, Enzyme, Jenkins"
      ]
    },
    {
      "summary": "iSimplex develops web based home automation products. It aims to be the hub for home automation, from basics like lighting control, to ambient sound, home cinema, and security concerns of the customers home",
      "website": "https://isimplex.com",
      "company": "iSimplex",
      "location": "Lisbon",
      "position": "Junior full-stack developer / designer",
      "startDate": "2013-07-01",
      "endDate": "2015-04-30",
      "highlights": [
        "Create and develop the company website",
        "Develop multiple web applications to demonstrate the product capacities",
        "Develop and maintain a platform to manage products, customers, and customer hardware status using Laravel + Angular.jS",
        "Research and design product screens' UI and UX experience",
        "Laravel, Angular.JS, jQuery, Material-UI"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "interests": [
    {
      "name": "Startups"
    },
    {
      "name": "Blogging"
    },
    {
      "name": "Teaching / authoring"
    },
    {
      "name": "Reading"
    },
    {
      "name": "Open Source"
    },
    {
      "name": "Entrepreneurship"
    },
    {
      "name": "Football"
    }
  ]
}