Rui Sousa

Shipped 7 iOS apps, owning design, UX, build, release and iteration, using React Native/Expo and TypeScript, with native Swift for camera, offline and native integrations. Built AI-powered image identification apps using Google Gemini for vision-based recognition.

Proposed and built an app-wide end-to-end test suite, prioritizing most-used flows using PostHog data, and wired it into CI as a mandatory pipeline check. Built a Next.js dashboard over 4 million scraped social posts and developed Python/FastAPI services in a Docker-based microservices architecture.

Built and maintained a product customisation platform for Assembly, a premium merch platform for brands, handling around 100 orders per month for thousands of users. Contributed to product definition and technical architecture decisions for complex customisation workflows.

Delivered client SaaS, dashboards, e-commerce and landing pages with React, Next.js, TypeScript, Svelte/SvelteKit, GraphQL and REST. Developed data visualisation and graphics-heavy UI with D3.js and PixiJS, and led internal developer onboarding improvements.

Built WordPress sites and online stores for international brands including KitchenAid, Bissell, Laurastar and SodaStream. Developed custom themes and features in PHP and JavaScript to agency deadlines.

Master's degree in Psychology with a focus on Deviant Behaviour and Justice.