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Francisco Filipe

@franciscofilipe

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Senior Backend Engineer building distributed systems and high-scale data platforms in Python.

Portugal

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for a fully remote backend role where I can own distributed systems end-to-end—building scalable Python services, reliable automation, and high-performance data pipelines that grow with real usage.

Backend Engineer specialising in high-scale data systems and distributed architectures, with 10+ years of programming experience and 5+ years building production-grade backend platforms professionally.

Strong background in Python, distributed task processing, and large-scale data infrastructure, with proven experience scaling crawling and data processing systems from 100K to 100M+ requests. Experienced in designing resilient pipelines, REST APIs, and backend services using Celery, Redis, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, Docker, and Linux based infrastructure.

Comfortable owning systems end-to-end, from architecture and implementation to deployment, monitoring, and production troubleshooting, with a strong focus on scalability, reliability, and engineering efficiency.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Backend Engineer (Python)

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Little Forest

Feb 2021 - Present (5 years 3 months)

Led the re-architecture of a legacy Java crawling platform into a Python-based, Dockerized distributed system and scaled it from ~100K to 100M+ page crawls. Built data extraction pipelines, PDF ingestion, RESTful APIs, and Celery/Redis task processing to improve throughput, fault tolerance, and reliability.

Python Celery Redis PostgreSQL REST APIs Docker Distributed Systems Data Pipelines PDF Ingestion

External Vice President

UTAD Solutions Consulting

Feb 2018 - Jul 2020 (2 years 5 months)

Led external partnerships and coordinated across teams within a university consulting organization. Supported cross-functional delivery during BSc studies.

Partnership Management Stakeholder Management Consulting Operations Communication Team Leadership Program Support

IT Systems Administrator

J.A.J. - Informática Lda

Jan 2015 - Dec 2017 (2 years 11 months)

Automated backup processes with PowerShell to improve reliability and reduce manual workload. Managed Windows Server environments and deployed/configured Microsoft Exchange to support email infrastructure and user management.

PowerShell Backup Automation Windows Server Administration System Security Uptime Management Performance Monitoring

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro

Master of Science (MSc) in Computer Engineering, Computer Engineering

2020 - 2022

Earned an MSc in Computer Engineering, focusing on development and maintenance of digital platforms across front-end and back-end. Authored a publication on web accessibility.