Diogo Cardoso

Portugal

Engaged in a front-end role with a focus on Research & Development, working on Design Systems, UI components, and the introduction of new features. Enhancing Developer Experience (DX) across teams

• Led a team of front-end engineers to build and maintain multiple web applications, ensuring they were delivered on time and performed well.
• Spearheaded the creation of Sword's design system, a comprehensive component library utilized across various projects. Oversaw the entire process from planning to development, ensuring seamless communication with the design team to establish a unified design system, enhancing usability and consistency.
• Built user-friendly web application interfaces that improved user engagement and satisfaction.
• Worked with various teams to improve the developer experience and promote teamwork across projects.
• Set and enforced coding standards and best practices to improve code quality and consistency.
• Implemented unit and end-to-end (e2e) tests to ensure the code was reliable and the applications were stable.
• Successfully upgraded multiple projects from Vue 2 to Vue 3, enhancing performance, maintainability, and user experience.

Portugal/US

Full-stack role with emphasis on front-end. Focus on delivering new features and improving the product.

• Built intuitive user interfaces and screens for the web application, improving user engagement and satisfaction
• Developed and maintained back-end services, ensuring smooth and reliable performance for users
• Collaborated with the design team to create a cohesive design system and components library, improving usability and consistency across the application
• Worked closely with the product team to define and prioritize product roadmap and features
• Ensured the quality and functionality of the application through the implementation of unit and end-to-end tests

Portugal

Worked on the Wanderlust Design System, a design system built with web-components (Stencil) used by multiple Hostelworld applications.

• Built reusable components for the design system using StencilJS and SASS, improving consistency and efficiency across teams and applications
• Created intuitive and user-friendly screens and user interface components for the core web application
• Improved the overall look and feel of the application through the use of modern design techniques and tools

Portugal

All-rounder in a pre-seed startup, from developing the product to managing the team.

• Built intuitive and user-friendly screens and components for the web application, improving user engagement and satisfaction
• Developed and maintained back-end services, ensuring smooth and reliable performance for users
• Created engaging and functional screens and components for the mobile application, improving usability and accessibility on mobile devices
• Developed desktop application for hardware configuration, improving the process by 10x resulting in faster production
• Led and managed a team of 3 developers and 1 designer, ensuring alignment with the product roadmap and user needs
• Implemented a payment and billing system, subscription flow, and user management, streamlining these processes and improving the overall user experience
• Set up and maintained continuous integration and delivery pipelines using GitHub Actions and AWS, resulting in faster and more reliable updates and new features for users

Portugal

Full-stack role with emphasis on front-end. My first experience in a startup (seed) environment.

• Built intuitive and user-friendly screens for the web application, improving user engagement and satisfaction
• Developed and maintained back-end services, ensuring smooth and reliable performance for users
• Built engaging and functional screens and components for the mobile application, improving usability and accessibility on mobile devices
• Developed a progressive web application that is optimized for offline use
• Implemented a comprehensive payment and billing system, subscription flow, and user management, streamlining these processes and improving the overall user experience
• Set up and maintained continuous integration and delivery pipelines, ensuring timely and efficient deployments

Portugal

TA for the course 'AI for Developers'

• Played a key role in planning and developing course content, including the creation of workshop exercises and syllabus reviews
• Designed and implemented practical exercises to reinforce course material.
• Provided weekly support to students through Q&A sessions and project reviews, assisting approximately 15 students.
• Conducted engaging and informative workshops to enhance students' understanding of AI and LLMs.

FEUP, Porto, Portugal

• Master thesis: "Framework for collecting and processing georeferencing data"

Essential Project Management

APGEI

First Certificate in English (FCE)

Cambridge University Press & Assessment