Frontend Team Lead
Frontend Team Lead with 10+ years building web applications for international clients across e-commerce, IoT, and Web3. Currently leading a 7-engineer frontend team working with micro-frontend architecture, Lit web components, and TypeScript. Track record of delivering high-performance applications (improved Lighthouse scores from 30 to 90+), building testing practices from scratch, and mentoring developers across distributed teams in US, EU, and LATAM time zones. Strong expertise in React, Next.js, and TypeScript with growing focus on AI-integrated applications.
Improved Lighthouse scores from 30s to 90s at Fleek through dependency optimization, lazy loading under-the-fold components, converting heavy animations to lightweight formats, and implementing CDN strategies with proper cache timing
Introduced MSW to enable parallel FE/BE development, eliminating blocking dependencies. Removed unnecessary SSR from internal dashboards, reducing complexity and enabling junior developers to contribute confidently without SSR-related issues
Successfully coordinated teams across 6+ time zones at Fleek through async-first communication and flexible scheduling. Hands-on mentoring approach using real work assignments, pair programming, and continuous feedback loops
Integrated LangChain-powered chatbot with image generation functionality at Fleek, preparing production-ready AI features for decentralized platform. Demonstrated ability to work with emerging technologies in real-world applications
PrimeIT · Porto, Portugal
Jun 2025 - Present
8 months
Managing technical architecture, sprint planning, and performance reviews for frontend team on enterprise consulting project.
Fleek · Remote
Dec 2024 - May 2025
5 months
Built user interfaces for decentralized hosting platform. Worked async across US, EU, and LATAM time zones. Company had 95% workforce reduction during restructuring.
Carbonify GmbH · Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Aug 2023 - Nov 2024
1 year, 3 months
Built web applications for carbon certificate cashback platform, both as main product and white-label solution for partners like ADAC (Germany's largest automotive club).
Craftable Software · Porto, Portugal
Jun 2021 - Jul 2023
2 years, 1 month
Delivered enterprise-grade frontend solutions for major international clients including Vodafone Germany, Ibersol Group, and Dreamlines cruise platform.
Mindera · Porto, Portugal
Jun 2019 - Jun 2021
2 years
Contributed to frontend development for Anova's IoT petrochemical monitoring platform and YOOX Net-a-Porter's luxury e-commerce site (The Outnet).
Mindera · Porto, Portugal
Oct 2017 - Jun 2019
1 year, 8 months
Built POC for Plinth (real estate crowdfunding startup), migrating from Angular 4 to React. Worked on AngularJS to React migration for Statful monitoring platform.
Devoteam · Porto
Jul 2015 - Oct 2017
2 years, 3 months
Built browser-based TV application for Vodafone Portugal, replicating the set-top box experience in the web browser using AngularJS.
RedeRia Innovation · Vagos
Sep 2013 - Jun 2015
1 year, 9 months
Worked on websites, dashboards, and Android applications.
iNovmapping, LDA · Coimbra
Feb 2013 - Jun 2013
4 months
Internship developing an eCommerce website using WordPress.
Instituto Politécnico do Porto · Porto, Portugal
2025 - Present
Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra · Coimbra, Portugal
2009 - 2013
Embeddable chat widget for AI-powered chatbots built on the Eliza framework. Published as npm package for customer chatbot deployment.
LLM-powered job search automation tool built as a meta-experiment: using AI-assisted development to build an AI-powered application. Features multi-agent LangGraph workflow for job scraping, parsing, and matching.
Browser-based time tracking dashboard that integrates with Jira to display, filter, and export team worklogs in a calendar view. Runs entirely in the browser with no backend required.
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