Full-stack developer
Hey, I'm Vasco
I build clean, functional, and playful web apps.
Currently into 3D printing, basketball scheduling tools, and making the web a little more fun.
What I've Been Building
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Co-Founder
UpSpeech2024 – Present
Co-founded a speech therapy SaaS platform for speech-language pathologists. Built the full platform from scratch — a multi-tenant application with session management, clinical report generation, patient progress tracking, and deployment infrastructure. Responsible for architecture decisions, product direction, and full-stack development across Rails and React.
Full-Stack Engineer
Pixelmatters2025 – Present
Working as a full-stack engineer at Pixelmatters, a digital product studio that partners with ambitious tech companies to design, build, and scale standout digital products. Currently building features for UJET.cx, an AI-powered cloud contact center platform, using Ruby on Rails and Angular.
Ruby on Rails Developer
Medihive2022 – 2025
At Medihive, I worked mostly with Ruby on Rails in a cross-functional team focused on delivering the best possible product to our clients. I worked on the company's internal tools, such as the admin panel and doctor panels, as well as the client-facing website. As a full-stack developer, I also worked on the front-end, using mostly ERB and some React. I gradually increased my responsibilities, owning and developing features end-to-end.
Ruby on Rails Developer
Bit Zesty2021 – 2022
As a Full-Stack Software Developer at BitZesty, I've had the opportunity to work fully remotely in Ruby on Rails on a cross-functional team. Here I worked on several projects with different ruby and rails versions, trying to find the best budget conscious solution for clients.
Full-Stack Developer
Landing.Jobs2020 – 2021
I worked my way up from Junior to Mid-Level Software Developer in under a year. I had the opportunity to work with Ruby on Rails, React, Typescript, GraphQL and CSS. This was my first developing job and I was able to apply my skills in a real-world setting, contributing to the company's success.
Technology Trainee
Accenture Portugal2019 – 2022
At Accenture, I mainly worked with VBA and a Customer Care & Billing software, in Java. It was my first experience with any of these languages, which I acquired reasonably quickly at a basic level.
Junior Consultant
WeDo Technologies2019
During my tenure at WeDo Technologies (now Mobileum), I worked with their proprietary software 'RAID'. This is a logic based development software. I had the chance to work in a very small team and work a bit with unix, VMs and JavaScript.
Where I've Studied
Web Development Bootcamp
Le Wagon
2018
LeWagon is a coding bootcamp focused on Full-Stack web development. Here I learned HTML, CSS and JavaScript on the front-end and Ruby on Rails on the back-end. It was then I decided I wanted to work in tech.
Bachelor in Electric and Electronic Engineering
University of Exeter
2015 - 2018
I completed my bachelors in Electrical Engineering, gaining some experience in PIC Programming, C and 3D modelling, amongst many hardware classes.
International Baccalaureate
St. Julian's School
2007 - 2015
St. Julians was where I studied from 5th to 12th grade, having completed the International Baccalaureate with higher level Physics, Mathematics and Economics, after finishing the Portuguese Secondary School system with the highest possible grades.
What I'm Up to Now
- Building a calendar tool for all Portuguese basketball leagues
- 3D printing a wine rack(!) using my Bambu P1S
- Playing basketball for a local club (vamos Nacional)
- Learning and working with LLMs and code assistants
- Reading the "Red Rising" series
