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Hugo Ferreira

@hugoferreira

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Senior software engineer delivering maintainable, event-driven .NET systems with strong observability.

Portugal

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for a team where I can modernize .NET systems, lead event-driven architecture, and raise reliability through testing and observability—working on clean, modular designs and measurable production improvements.

I’m a Senior Software Engineer with 7+ years delivering maintainable, high-quality software solutions. I specialize in modular, event-driven architectures and clean design—decoupling business logic from infrastructure so systems stay reliable and evolvable.

Most recently at KIT-AR, I modernized a large .NET solution around Clean Architecture, extracted reusable NuGet packages, and improved API performance with smart caching and batching. I also replaced EF migrations with Liquibase for more predictable deployments, set up full observability with OpenTelemetry + LGTM, and migrated microservices to Dapr with Kafka pub/sub for scalable, decoupled workflows.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Senior Software Engineer

Current

Kit-Ar

Sep 2024 - Present (1 year 7 months)

Designed and built AR/AI quality assurance solutions for industrial operations, modernizing a large .NET codebase around Clean Architecture. Improved deployment reliability and troubleshooting by migrating to Liquibase, setting up OpenTelemetry with the LGTM stack, and advancing event-driven microservices with Dapr and Kafka.

.NET Docker TypeScript Dapr Liquibase OpenTelemetry PostgreSQL

Software Engineer

November First

Jan 2022 - Aug 2024 (2 years 7 months)

Built a secure invoice-payment solution with REST APIs and event-driven microservices, using Vertical Slice Architecture and CQRS/event sourcing. Led major platform migrations (SQL Server to PostgreSQL and EventStoreDB upgrades) and introduced identity gateways, API versioning, and reliable asynchronous processing.

.NET Core C#Vertical Slice Architectures EventStoreDB Event Sourcing Azure Service Bus Identity Gateway REST APIs PostgreSQL

Software Engineer

InspireIT

Mar 2019 - Dec 2021 (2 years 9 months)

Developed web and mobile applications using Clean Architecture, and delivered reusable libraries to speed up client and internal feature development. Strengthened delivery reliability by maintaining DevOps infrastructure (Linux/Docker/Traefik/Jenkins) and deploying production systems with IIS and Docker.

.NET Core ASP.NET MVC C#SQL Server Docker Jenkins REST APIs

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal

Master in Software Engineering, Software Engineering

2020 - 2022

Grade: 18 (GPA)

Master’s thesis co-designed an eHealth intervention to support fibromyalgia self-management. Built a digital platform for guided exercises and progress tracking using Flutter and .NET Core Web API with SQL Server, working with patients and healthcare professionals.