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 and mentored a team of 7 frontend engineers, implementing Agile methodologies for consistent delivery
• Architected UX improvements to the core intake application, increasing conversion rates and reducing abandonment
• Established frontend best practices and a shared component library, reducing code duplication and accelerating development
• Scaled the team through technical interviews and hiring while maintaining strong team culture
• Managed cross-functional relationships with Product, Design, and Engineering to align technical implementation with business objectives
• Driving AI adoption across the team by introducing AI-assisted development tools, automated code reviews, and AGENTS.md documentation standards, while training developers on effective AI workflows

Portugal/US

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

• Built intuitive user interfaces for a data-intensive web application, with a focus on performance optimization
• Developed and maintained back-end services, ensuring smooth and reliable performance
• Collaborated with the design team to create a cohesive design system and component library, improving usability and consistency
• Worked closely with the product team to define and prioritize the roadmap and features
• Ensured quality through unit and end-to-end testing

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.

Tech Talk

Presented on using finite state machines to manage complex UI state in Vue applications

Sword Health x Supabase Meetup

Organized and hosted a developer meetup in partnership with Supabase, and presented on AI SDK integration patterns

FEUP, Porto, Portugal

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

Essential Project Management

APGEI

Product MBA

Builders Camp

First Certificate in English (FCE)

Cambridge University Press & Assessment