David Silva
Software Developer, Tinkerer of all things
With over 12 years of programming experience, I've led development teams and architected complex systems across diverse industries. Passionate about creating innovative solutions and driving technological advancement.
Experience
FakeDoor
Chief Technology Officer
July 2024 - Present • Lisbon, Portugal
- Leading technical strategy and innovation
- Managing development teams and processes
- Product planning and roadmapping
- Managing technical architecture and documentation
- Onboarding and mentoring new engineers
- Lead a team of 10 engineers from different backgrounds and skill sets, including frontend, backend, devOps and QA
Technical Lead
October 2023 - July 2024 • Lisbon, Portugal
- Built entire API from scratch, creating an MVP within 2 months
- Managed development teams and processes
- Cut down azure costs by 90% in the first two weeks of the project, by moving the databases to a VPS running PostgreSQL in a Docker container
- Improved performance of web application in production by 60%, by utilizing caching on both the client and server side
- Managed technical architecture, documentation and onboarding of the entire engineering department
Bentley Motors
Technical Team Lead
January 2023 - September 2023 • Remote
- Led development teams in automotive software projects
- Planned sprints and reported on progress
- Managed technical architecture and processes
- Implemented build automation and deployment pipelines
agap2IT Portugal
Senior Software Engineer
November 2019 - September 2023
- Developed full-stack applications
- Mentored junior and mid-level developers
- Assisted in candidate recruitment and onboarding
- Managed teams of up to 5 developers
Galapagos
Software Developer
November 2019 - November 2020 • Mechelen, Belgium
- Key person for 48 different applications, across diverse stacks from PHP to .NET Core
- Mentored mid level developers,
- Managed database systems and migrations
Aubay Portugal SA
Junior Fullstack Developer
July 2018 - Feb 2019 • Lisboa, Portugal
- Created a javascript game for company landing page, using p5.js
- Maintained and expanded ASP.NET web applications and APIs
- Architected, and implemented a turnkey solution for a major client, managing two other developers in the process