João Costa

Joined as the most senior team member, driving key technical decisions and supporting team delivery efforts while fostering skill development through knowledge sharing. Currently leading a new product initiative to replace a spreadsheet-based solution with a scalable and maintainable system, involving multiple teams and architecture alignment.

Developed new features and maintained the back-office application for the British Telecom (BT) Next Best Action (NBA) project, enabling various teams to create diverse configurations. Led the initiative to remove hard-coded logic by designing and implementing a rule engine, enhancing system flexibility and maintainability.

Joined the Lucia project's Around the Paper team, focusing on refining and expanding features around the rich editor. Responsibilities included identifying and rectifying technical debt, maintaining visual cohesion, and advancing a design system in collaboration with the Lead Designer.

Worked as a Senior Software Engineer in the new Leeds dev center, supporting the platform where clients manage accounts and perform diverse actions. Utilized a monorepo approach for platform development, encompassing multiple applications and supporting packages.

Rejoined the company before the US platform launch, developing new features and requirements for launches in different states while ensuring platform stability through feature flags and tests. Identified technical debt and risks, mentored junior engineers, and supported recruitment.

Worked as a Remote Frontend Engineer on a property management tool, developing new features based on client needs for managing work orders and matching them with professionals. Involved in improving the project as a whole and agile practices.

Initially worked on an internal tool for checking builds and changelogs, then transitioned to implementing an event-driven architecture using AWS services like Kinesis and Lambda. Focused on robust testing, logging, and metrics to ensure system stability.

Maintained and added new features to Self Service Betting Terminals (SSBT) across over 3000 UK shops, using React, SASS, and BEM methodology. Emphasized testing with Jest and snapshots, aiming for high code coverage and quality.

Maintained and added new features to an AngularJS project in the communications sector, transforming single-level tables into multi-level nesting tables with grouping and sorting capabilities. Improved code coverage and drove end-to-end testing to reduce manual testing efforts.

Acted mainly as a frontend and mobile developer, supporting backend development when needed. Developed a mobile application for a national math contest and updated the web application to support student registration. Participated in database restructuring and migration, and created a web application to automate bank reference creation.

Developed the core web application, handling both backend and frontend, which consisted of a dashboard providing insights from gathered data. Integrated visual components for better data visualization and created a program to read Excel exports and add information to the database.

Grade: EQF level 7

Activities and societies: Data and Information Management, Indexing and Information Retrieval (Java), Distributed Architectures, Information Systems Infrastructures.

Focused on Data and Information Management, including Indexing and Information Retrieval using Java. Explored Distributed Architectures and Information Systems Infrastructures.

Grade: EQF level 6

Activities and societies: Introduction to programming with a focus on Java, Analysis and Modeling of Information Systems, Database management Systems (SQL), introduction to web programming and technologies (Grails, MVC pattern).

Studied Introduction to programming with a focus on Java, Analysis and Modeling of Information Systems. Gained expertise in Database management Systems (SQL) and an introduction to web programming and technologies (Grails, MVC pattern).