Role
Software Engineer
Stack
Java · TypeScript
Base
Porto, PT 41.14°N
Focus
Backend · AI
Currently
Software Engineer @ Blip
Certs
4× AWS
Focus
Backend & AI
/ Porto, PT
Hello, I'm Eduardo — a software engineer with 4 years of experience building distributed, event-driven systems in Java and TypeScript. I also build and support customer-facing AI applications in production.
(01)Who I am
What keeps me hooked on this work is the moment a hard problem finally gives in — when the pieces click and a system you've been wrestling with finally starts to work.
I'm a software engineer based in Porto, building backend systems and AI applications. I built a customer-facing AI application using Java, Spring Boot, and Spring AI, and continue to support it in production. My work spans MCP integrations, LLM orchestration, conversation state, automated evaluations, and guardrails.
I also build across the stack with TypeScript, React, and Hono. I created an LLM observability and feedback tool used by engineering, QA, and product teams. Alongside AI delivery, I bring experience with Kafka, Flink, AWS, and Kubernetes. I'm interested in backend and AI engineering opportunities, particularly remote roles across Europe.
(02)Writing
(03)Selected work
(A)Backend & AI — selected projects
(B)Web & frontend — client work & open source
Built and deployed a responsive company website with Next.js and Tailwind, presenting its services and handling contact submissions.
Built a multilingual law firm website with Astro and React, integrating a CMS so the client can manage its content.
Contributed grade visualization and dark mode to an open-source exam-preparation platform for ISEP students.
(04)Toolbox
(05)Career
May 2026 - Present
Porto, Portugal 🇵🇹@Blip.pt
Built and support a customer-facing AI application in production. Implemented MCP integrations, LLM orchestration, conversation state, agentic workflows, evaluations, and guardrails. Built an LLM observability and feedback tool with TypeScript, React, and Hono, adopted by engineering, QA, and product teams. Refined prompts and MCP tool descriptions to reduce response latency from approximately 15 to 10 seconds on a fixed evaluation set. Improved response consistency through deterministic application logic validated with automated evaluations, including adversarial inputs.
Sep 2024 - Apr 2026
Porto, Portugal 🇵🇹@Blip.pt
Maintained core sportsbook services in Java and Kotlin, and designed and operated Apache Flink streaming pipelines. Led technical initiatives from requirements through delivery. Improved integration testing with Testcontainers and automated releases. Operated AWS workloads, supported on-call incidents, and created troubleshooting and onboarding documentation.
Sep 2022 - Sep 2024
Porto, Portugal 🇵🇹@Critical Techworks
Owned a fleet of Java microservices and led their migration to Quarkus. Rebuilt the deployment story by moving Jenkins pipelines to GitHub Actions, and kept the AWS infrastructure with Terraform.
2020 - Present
Porto, Portugal 🇵🇹
Websites and e-commerce built end-to-end for real clients — React, Next.js, TypeScript, Stripe, and Shopify. Small team (of one), real users, no excuses.
Feb 2022 - Sep 2022
Porto, Portugal 🇵🇹@Critical Techworks
Cut backend response times with query optimization and caching, sped up the Angular front-end, and got my first real taste of what production actually means.
2022
Porto, Portugal 🇵🇹@NEI-ISEP
Ran the student association's IT department: mentored the dev team, modernized the stack, and kept projects moving while juggling a degree.
2019 - 2022
Porto, Portugal 🇵🇹@ISEP
Software engineering, databases, algorithms, and computer networks. Final project: a social network built with Java, C#, and React.
(06)Get in touch
Got a project in mind, a role to fill, or just want to talk shop? My inbox is open — email me directly or use the form.
[email protected]