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João Lopes

💼 Software Engineer

📌 Berlin, Germany

gmail icon Github

📝 Dev.to

👾 My Games

🌐 Portuguese (native),
English (fluent),
Spanish (basic),
German (basic)

Hey 👋

I’m a software developer with a focus on frontend development.

After dedicating several years to different projects, I decided I should be dedicating my time and energy to companies doing something that really matters to me, instead of just trying to be the next unicorn with pizza Fridays. I realize that the world’s problems cannot be solved with more tech alone, but I would like to help out however I can.

I enjoy working on user-facing features and building things that people actually use. There’s something satisfying about creating interfaces that feel intuitive and work well for everyone, regardless of their technical background or abilities.

When I’m not coding, I care about game development, free software, internet privacy, accessibility, and human and animal rights. I believe technology should empower people, not exploit them.

Career

November 2019 - Present

Software Engineer

Ecosia — Berlin

JavascriptVueReactAstroSASSGoDockerCircleCIGrafanaStorybook

May 2019 - July 2019

Freelance Frontend Developer

Simplesurance — Remote

Frontend web developmentSoftware maintenanceSingle-page applicationsAngularJSJQueryJavascriptReactSASSTypescriptGraphQL

August 2015 - January 2019

Frontend Developer

Simplesurance — Berlin, Germany

Frontend web developmentResponsive websitesSingle-page applicationsWidget IntegrationJavascriptReactReact NativeJQuerySASSWebpackBabelSymfony

June 2014 - June 2015

Junior Fullstack Developer

VentureOak — Porto, Portugal

Fullstack web developmentResponsive websitesSingle-page applicationsJavascriptJQuerySASSPHP/SymfonyMongoDB

Education

Graduation: June 2014

MsC in CS/Engineering

FEUP University of Porto — Porto, Portugal

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