I am an enthusiastic Software Engineer who recently graduated from Makers Academy, an intensive 16 weeks course where I had the chance to develop my engineering skills and learn the best practices adopted in the tech industry.
I fell in love with coding ever since first trying to learn the basics, and what was once something I did in my spare time now has my full attention and commitment. Since then I have been learning by building full-stack applications using technologies like Javascript, NodeJs, and Ruby-on-Rails.
My creative and technical skills acquired through my bachelor's degree in design, and experience working across the print industry, translate well into coding, and lead to imaginative and pragmatic results.
| Name | Description | Tech/tools | Repo/Live link |
|---|---|---|---|
A Pinkman's Journey  |
A space treasure hunt 2D game. This game was built in just two weeks for our Makers final Project. | Javascript, Node, Express, Phaser, Jest, Heroku, Github Actions | Repo Live |
MyAce  |
A social media where users can register, have an avatar picture, post on a general feed and also post on each other's personal walls | Ruby on Rails, SCSS, Bootstrap, Heroku, CircleCI, Rspec | Repo Live |
| Bowling | Application to be used to calculate user's bowling scores. The logic was built using TDD and OOP principles | Javascript, Jest, HTML, CSS | Repo Live |
Printstore (January 2019 to September 2021)
Pre-press and Digital Specialist
- Checking, editing, imposing, and proofing artwork. This part of the job was very detail-oriented and relied on triple-checking every corner of each page, as a small mistake will result in wasted time and resources
- Communicating with the production team to assure a smooth run of each job. I managed to build a positive, friendly relationship with the team running the presses to facilitate the daily exchanges
- Maintaining online shops; B2B services included managing clients' shop fronts and updating artwork on demand. Most products are to be live without delay and my time management skills helped me to achieve this
ABC Imaging (December 2016 to December 2018)
Pre-flight Operator
- Imposing and writing instructions for each print job for my colleagues in production. This was a very technical role and writing clear, simple, efficient instructions to the production team was essential
- Liaising with clients to understand product requirements. Translating the client's needs to technical requirements was critical to the product's final look and feel
- Overseeing workflow and dealing with delays. Decision-making and problem-solving had to be applied daily as my team was the link between production and demanding clients
While studying graphic design and working in the print industry it was critical to pay the utmost attention to all aspects of what I was producing ranging from the text, images, and format. A mistake in graphic or print order could realistically result in thousands of pounds in reprints, delays, and customer dissatisfaction
During my employment at Printstore, my line manager was impressed with how quickly I became proficient in the different software used in the role and mentioned I went on to gain knowledge beyond what was offered by their training. For my final project at Makers, despite not having time to add the game features that would make use of them, I learned and implemented database and authentication features using MongoDB and Passport.js for future development of the project.
Throughout my career in print, I had to liaise with clients/graphic designers, extract technical requirements from their ideas and explain these back to them. At Makers, I've been enthusiastic about helping peers understand concepts whenever I can and became a mentor to two developers just starting the course.
16 weeks immersive fully remote coding bootcamp covering the following subjects:
- Daily pair programming, enhancing problem-solving and teamwork skills
- Object-oriented programming best practices
- Test-driven development: we were writing unit tests from day one
- Technologies used: Ruby, Rails, JavaScript, Node, Express, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB
- Frameworks used for testing: RSpec, Jest
- BA Design
- The four years degree covered Graphic and Product Design
- Had two different internships helping internal departments to plan and run University events
- Graphic Design
- I was granted a fully-funded scholarship to study abroad as part of a Brazilian government exchange program
- Graphic Design remains a big interest and its principles can be applied to pretty much any industry. I tend to spend a little extra time learning about styles when building applications
- Baking: I love making things with my hands after a busy week of computer-based work. It's just like writing algorithms, but we can eat the output
- Videogames: I grew up playing Super Nintendo in the 90s and have never stopped. I had a lot of fun building a Javascript game for my final project at Makers