I combine 20+ years of hands-on software engineering with technical leadership experience, helping teams build reliable backend platforms, scalable cloud systems and practical AI-enabled products.
Former Technical Manager at ReferWell. Founding Technical Lead with CTO-level responsibilities at Qhali. Currently a hands-on Backend Software Engineer at ACIN.
Selected Credentials
I operate comfortably between architecture, implementation and team leadership. My experience spans production-critical backend platforms, regulated healthcare systems, cloud delivery, technical modernization and AI-enabled product development.
I remain close to architecture, critical implementation decisions, code reviews and production issues while helping engineers take ownership of delivery.
Experience designing APIs, integrations, background processing and data workflows, as well as modernizing complex legacy platforms without disrupting business operations.
Previous experience leading multidisciplinary and distributed teams, improving delivery practices, mentoring engineers and coordinating technical work with business stakeholders.
Practical experience with AI-enabled products, cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, healthcare interoperability and secure data platforms.
I started my career as a software developer and gradually moved into technical leadership, architecture and team management roles.
At ReferWell, I worked as a Technical Manager, coordinating engineering delivery and healthcare integrations in a regulated environment. At Qhali, I was a founding member and Technical Lead with responsibilities comparable to those of a CTO, covering architecture, team organization, cloud delivery and product development.
Qhali was later discontinued for business reasons. At the same time, I relocated with my family to Madeira and joined ACIN in a hands-on backend engineering role. This allowed me to establish myself in the Portuguese technology market while staying close to production systems, complex legacy modernization and day-to-day software delivery.
I am now looking to combine both sides of my experience: technical depth and engineering leadership.
I also explore independent product ideas and small software initiatives through Cre4tiva.
Production systems, APIs, integrations, background processing, cloud delivery and modernization.
Team coordination, mentoring, delivery planning and stakeholder communication across distributed environments.
Technical scope developed across hands-on engineering, architecture and team leadership roles.
Backend services, platform integration, API design, distributed workflows, data platforms and modernization strategies for production systems.
Team coordination, delivery planning, technical mentoring, stakeholder communication, engineering standards and risk management.
AWS and Azure environments, Docker, CI/CD pipelines, observability, incident analysis and deployment automation.
LLM integrations, RAG architectures, AI agents, vector databases and practical applications of generative AI in software products.
Selected Experience
More than 20 years progressing from software development into architecture, technical management and hands-on backend engineering.
ACIN / iParque · Madeira, Portugal
Working hands-on on backend systems for mobility and municipal operations. My responsibilities include legacy modernization, API development, background processing, permission systems, production issue analysis and improvements to automated testing and deployment reliability.
Qhali · Remote
Held technical leadership responsibilities comparable to those of a CTO for an AI-enabled healthcare platform. Defined architecture and technical requirements, coordinated a multidisciplinary engineering and AI team, and established cloud and delivery practices from product conception through deployment.
Zeal Tech / ReferWell · Remote
Led technical delivery and healthcare integration initiatives for a US HealthTech platform. Coordinated engineers and external stakeholders, supported HIPAA and HITRUST compliance efforts, and implemented interoperability with healthcare providers using FHIR, HL7 and REST APIs.
E-Managing Solutions · Remote
Designed and delivered CRM and workflow platforms for real estate and financial-sector clients. Led technical implementation, integrations and distributed delivery across multiple client products.
Webconsult / XCS Professional Services · Venezuela
Built and led the delivery of business platforms across industrial, event-management, education and administrative domains, progressing from full-stack development into technical leadership.
Most of my professional work belongs to private platforms. These summaries focus on the problems, responsibilities and engineering decisions without exposing confidential code or customer data.
ReferWell
Role: Technical Manager
A regulated US healthcare platform requiring reliable integrations with multiple providers and interoperability systems.
Improved reliability and visibility across critical integration workflows.
AWS, FHIR, HL7, REST APIs, Datadog, SQL
Qhali
Role: Founding Member & Technical Lead
A new healthcare product combining patient information, AI-assisted workflows and secure cloud services.
Implemented LLM and vector-search workflows for medical information use cases.
Azure, Python, LLMs, Vector Databases, Docker, CI/CD
ACIN / iParque
Role: Backend Software Engineer
A long-running production platform requiring continuous feature delivery while modernizing legacy components.
Supported safer ongoing delivery within a mature product and engineering environment.
PHP, MySQL, REST APIs, Docker, CI/CD, Automated Testing
Technologies and domains I have used across production systems, technical leadership roles and independent product development.
Secondary frontend experience includes React and responsive web interfaces.
I am open to selected Principal Engineer, Software Architecture and Engineering Leadership opportunities, particularly where hands-on technical depth and team leadership are equally important.