Hugo Serra

Hugo Serra

Senior Full Stack Engineer & Team Leader @ Runtime Revolution

Lisbon, Portugal

Years of Experience: 11

https://hserra.dev

Alone we can go faster. Together, farther.

As a Full Stack Software Engineer and Team Leader at Runtime Revolution, I am deeply committed to igniting projects and guiding them to success. With extensive experience across data-heavy, large-scale projects where performance is paramount, I've mastered the art of ensuring no millisecond goes to waste and downtime remains a myth. What truly sets me apart is my innate ability to train and inspire those I work with, fostering a culture of excellence and growth throughout our team. My current hobby and obsession? Exploring the vast potential of AI and Large Language Models (LLMs), harnessing their capabilities to propel my teams towards their goals with unmatched precision and speed.

Languages

PortugueseNative
EnglishFull Professional Proficiency
SpanishLimited Working Proficiency
FrenchElementary Proficiency

Skills

Python

Expert

DjangoDjango Rest FrameworkFlaskJupyterPandasnumpyPyTorchscikit-lernNLTKBeautiful SoupScrapypoetrypyenvCeleryPillow

React

Expert

Next.jsReduxReact RouterReact QueryTypescriptNode.jsExpress.jsJestCypressnpmYarnRESTGraphQLBootstrapMaterial UITailwind CSSAnt DesignMantine

Cloud Operations (CloudOps)

Advanced

AWSAzureDockerKubernetesCloud FunctionsSaaSTerraformAnsibleAzure DevOpsJenkinsGithub ActionsCloudWatchELK

Team Management

Expert

AgileScumKanbanJiraLinearAzure DevOpsResource AllocationMentoringCoachingPerformance EvalutationStakeholder ManagementRisk ManagementRecruitmentOnboarding

Work Experience

AMS (Alexander Mann Solutions)

2023-04-01 - Present

Team Leader & Senior Software Engineer

At AMS, I've been entrusted with the leadership and architectural direction of our B2B Software Review Platform. This platform serves as a valuable tool for businesses, offering them unbiased reviews, comparisons, and pricing insights. In conjunction with AMS's consulting services, we've crafted a solution that's both informative and practical. System Design: I took the lead in designing the system architecture, ensuring it aligned with industry best practices and our specific needs. One of my proudest moments was successfully integrating the CMS with our main product, a step that enabled us to offer more targeted content suggestions to our users. Team Leadership: As the lead of a 14-member team, I helped navigate our workflow using Agile & Scrum methodologies, incorporating Kanban for certain product development stages. My role also extended to the hiring realm, where I played a part in recruiting and interviewing potential team members. Technological Implementation: Cloud/Infrastructure: With a focus on robustness, I guided our team to effectively utilize Azure's suite, including Docker, PostgreSQL, Azure Cloud Functions, among others. Backend Development: My expertise in Python, Django, and other technologies informed our backend decisions and strategies. Frontend Development: I steered our frontend development, choosing a mix of TypeScript, React, Next.js, and other tools to ensure a responsive and user-friendly interface. Our vision is broad, and with the platform's design accommodating scalability, we're poised to support a growing user base.

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Runtime Revolution

2021-03-01 - Present

Senior Software Engineer and Team Leader

Working with clients to build amazing products and deliver great experiences. As well as participate in the selection of candidates and training of new developers at Runtime.

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Nexamp

2022-10-01 - 2023-06-01

Team Leader & Senior Software Engineer

Helped the client create processes and an team to migrate an existing product written in Ruby to Python. The main focus was implementing swiftly with a high quality standard, both of which we achieved very successfully. The main tools for the job were Python, Django, Django REST Framework, PostgreSQL, React, Redux, React Query (migrated from redux), Azure Cloud.

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Zettlor

2022-02-01 - 2022-09-01

Lead Software Engineer

Taking the lead in creating a platform that will allow new ways for Companies, Creators and People to interact. Built with Next.js, Python and Django, PostgreSQL, Docker, AWS

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Worldbox Business Intelligence

2021-03-01 - 2022-03-01

Senior Software Engineer and Team Leader

Developed a scalable, performant and highly configurable and agnostic platform for data ingestion and processing. Built with Python and Django, RabbitMQ, MySQL, Docker, AWS, and React. Also trained and lead the team responsible for the ongoing of the project

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Worldbox Business Intelligence

2020-04-01 - 2021-03-01

Senior Software Engineer

Developed a scalable, performant and highly configurable and agnostic platform for data ingestion and processing. Built with Python and Django, RabbitMQ, MySQL, Docker, AWS, and React

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Runtime Revolution

2020-03-01 - 2021-03-01

Senior Software Engineer

Worked with clients as a Senior Software Engineer

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Alter Solutions Portugal

2018-07-01 - 2020-03-01

Senior Software Engineer

Worked as a Nearshore Consultant and team leader for the Stellantis Group and as a Consultant for SIBS Processos

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SIBS Processos

2019-08-01 - 2020-02-01

Senior Software Engineer

Worked with PHP, Python and Javascript to perform payments platform integrations in multiple providers

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Stellantis

2018-07-01 - 2019-07-01

Senior Software Engineer Team Lead

Full Stack Web Development using Laravel, MariaDB and Angular. Worked on projects to manage the manufacturing and documentation production. I also was responsible for the latter project and did some mentoring.

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sympl

2017-10-01 - 2018-06-01

Software Engineer

Full Stack Web Development using Laravel, MariaDB/MongoDB, Vue.js and ElasticSearch

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BOLD by Devoteam

2016-04-01 - 2018-06-01

Software Engineer

Worked in Consulting for 1 clients, one of them in a nearshore model

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SAPO

2016-04-01 - 2017-09-01

Software Engineer

Full Stack Web Development for Sapo Voucher. Android development. Technologies: PHP, Codeigniter, Ink (by Sapo), Prototype.js, Javascript, Java.

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CrowdPlanners

2015-10-01 - 2017-04-01

Lead Web Developer

Had the leading role in the development of the SaaS product the company was developing, in PHP with Laravel and Javascript.

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OLX Group

2015-10-01 - 2016-03-01

Software Developer

Full Stack development in PHP and Javascript in a B2B Platform for the real estate market

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Gatewit

2015-03-01 - 2015-09-01

Software Developer

Full-Stack development with PHP, Symfony1.4/2, JQuery, Javascript

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WeDo Technologies

2013-06-01 - 2015-02-01

Consultant

Development of Business Assurance and Incentives Management projects for clients in Asia and the Middle East

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YDreams Robotics

2012-11-01 - 2013-11-01

Network Engineering Trainee

Develop a Master's Thesis on Cloud Computing, Internet of Things, Smart Robotics and Machine Learning.

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TNMC - SOLUÇÕES DE INFORMÁTICA, Lda

2007-06-01 - 2007-07-01

IT Technician Trainee

Configuring Software and Installing Systems. Repairing computers.

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Education

Instituto Superior Tecnico

Telecommunications and Informatics Engineering

Master's of Science

2011 - 2013

Activities: Seminários IST-Tagus 2011

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Instituto Superior Tecnico

Telecomunications and Informatics Engineering

Bachelor's of Science

2007 - 2012

Activities: Seminários IST-Tagus 2010

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Publications

Internet of Intelligent Things: Bringing Artificial Intelligence in Things and Communication Networks

Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Published on: 14-8-2013

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