Professional Experience

My journey in building reliable systems. From developer to platform manager, leading teams and driving technical excellence.

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Platform Manager

Luz Saúde

January 2020 - Present
Lisbon, Portugal

Responsible for building from scratch the practices of Platform Ops, DevOps, and Observability in OutSystems, ensuring the reliability and scalability of the software factory.

Key Achievements

  • Manage OutSystems and Dynatrace on-premises and cloud infrastructures
  • Mentor and lead engineers, fostering technical and cultural development
  • Define and implement the OutSystems infrastructure blueprint
  • Establish configuration management, housekeeping, technical documentation, and governance guidelines
  • Define foundations of DevOps (deployment pipelines, governance, ITIL) and Observability (SLOs, alerting, automated remediation)
  • Introduce postmortems, security, authentication, and auditing practices
  • Build collaboration protocols with DBA, IT infrastructure, and networking teams
  • Contribute to strategic decisions supporting the factory's growth

Technologies & Skills

OutSystems
Dynatrace
Oracle Database
Windows Server
DevOps
Platform Engineering
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Tech Lead

Luz Saúde

February 2017 - January 2020
Lisbon, Portugal

Tech Lead for Operating Room Management Systems: end-to-end maintenance, evolution, and operation, integrating with HIS, EHR, ERP, CRM and government entities. First formal leadership experience in team management and delivery.

Key Achievements

  • Operate and develop OutSystems applications with strong PL/SQL components and clinical integrations (HIS, EHR, SPMS)
  • Gather requirements on-site through operating room visits, user interviews, and mapping of surgical workflows
  • Plan and execute centralization and revamp projects for OR management systems, ensuring business continuity
  • Manage full lifecycle: functional analysis, development, testing, deployments, and maintenance
  • Coordinate OutSystems team, prioritize tasks, manage expectations, and engage with clinical and IT stakeholders
  • Act as consultant for projects depending on OR systems, defining interfaces and integration agreements
  • Lead operational response during COVID-19 pandemic, adapting priorities to support rapid changes
  • Transition into Platform Engineering (~25% of time), laying foundations for Platform Ops/DevOps

Technologies & Skills

OutSystems
Oracle Database
PL/SQL
Clinical Integrations
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OutSystems Consultant

AFFINITY Portugal

April 2016 - January 2017
Lisbon, Portugal

OutSystems Consultant in a support and maintenance team for clinical and administrative systems, ensuring troubleshooting and evolution of critical applications.

Key Achievements

  • Provide corrective and evolutionary maintenance for clinical and administrative OutSystems systems
  • Develop automation system enabling first-line support to execute remediation procedures, reducing resolution times
  • Deliver technical consulting for the team, promoting OutSystems best practices in development

Technologies & Skills

OutSystems
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OutSystems Consultant

Pessoas e Processos

June 2015 - December 2015
Maputo, Mozambique

International experience of 6 months in Mozambique as an on-site OutSystems consultant for a banking client, covering the full development lifecycle and stakeholder interactions.

Key Achievements

  • Facilitate stakeholder meetings and detailed requirements gathering
  • Deliver across all development phases: implementation, iterations with product owners, testing, and deployment
  • Conduct periodic progress presentations and continuous solution refinement with the client
  • Adapt to a distinct cultural and organizational environment, strengthening resilience and intercultural skills

Technologies & Skills

OutSystems
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Java / OutSystems Developer

Pessoas e Processos

November 2012 - March 2016
Lisbon, Portugal

First professional experience (starting as an intern), progressing to Java and OutSystems developer in critical public and private sector projects.

Key Achievements

  • Complete internship developing a factory management system (similar to internal JIRA), leading to integration into Java team
  • Onboard and mentor new interns, sharing development practices and integration workflows
  • Design and implement a procurement management system from scratch for the agrifood industry using Vaadin, Activity BPMN, and MySQL/Hibernate
  • Contribute to upgrade of pharmaceutical system from OutSystems v7 to v8, optimizing code and performance
  • Maintain and evolve budget management system for international government with high criticality and uptime requirements

Technologies & Skills

Java
OutSystems
Vaadin
BPMN
MySQL
Hibernate

Certifications & Credentials

Professional certifications and workshops that validate my expertise

Certificates by:

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OutSystems
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Oracle
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Dynatrace
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Microsoft
Associate Developer (ODC)
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Associate Developer (ODC)

Outsystems

Jul 2025
DevOps (O11)
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DevOps (O11)

Outsystems

Feb 2024
Security Specialist (O11 and ODC)
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Security Specialist (O11 and ODC)

Outsystems

Jan 2024
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