André Guedes

London, United Kingdom · afm.guedes@gmail.com

Experienced Software Engineer eager to deploy well crafted and test driven solutions to solve interesting and challenging problems.


Experience

Jan 2022 - Present

Software Engineer II

Deliveroo - London, United Kingdom

Part of a multi disciplinary team that looks after the order tracker service. Led the successful migration to a new config tool, revolutionizing feature experimentation and enhancing the team's precision in toggling experiences. Navigated early adopter challenges through effective team communication. Improved the consumer experience by optimizing deliveries involving multiple riders. Elevated the reliability of the order tracker, particularly in worst-case scenarios, through the implementation of enhancements ensuring accurate information in instances of failed deliveries. Contributed to a more user-friendly and dynamic iOS app experience by enhancing Live Activities. Implemented rider vehicle information to ensure compliance with international regulations, showcasing dedication to regulatory adherence and global operational standards. Executed a comprehensive refactor of stack order logic, optimizing system efficiency and facilitating enhanced performance for different deliveries picked up by the same rider. Contributed to out-of-hours support, swiftly identifying and resolving live incidents utilizing monitoring tools.

Ruby Ruby on Rails Golang DynamoDB Kafka Redis AWS Docker Terraform Git CircleCI Datadog Snowflake Sentry PagerDuty Phrase
Mar 2019 - Jan 2022

Software Engineer

ASOS.com - London, United Kingdom
Jan 2018 - Feb 2019

Associate Software Engineer

ASOS.com - London, United Kingdom

Part of a small backend team that looks after two golden-thread services that serve hundreds of thousands of requests per day, providing sizing and pricing data to web, mobile apps and feeds consumers. Size Guides feature owner with responsibilities on discovery, refinement, architecture, development and deployment. Adheres to Kanban principles to develop highly scaled and highly available microservices in an event-driven architecture seamlessly and continuously deployed to the cloud. Advocate of best code practices like TDD, DRY, YAGNI and SOLID. Member of the out of hours support team, identifying and resolving live incidents with the help of monitoring tools.

.NET Core C# Microsoft Azure Service Fabric Service Bus Cosmos DB SQL Server Blob Storage KeyVault Data Factories Traffic Manager Application Insights Bastion Redis cache Git Azure DevOps Azure Pipelines TeamCity Octopus NuGet Snyk
Jan 2015 - Dec 2017

Technical Consultant

Allocate Software - London, United Kingdom

Joined a team of technical consultants and assisted in delivering bespoke software solutions as well as core product implementations to some of the main players in the healthcare, military and offshore space such as BUPA, NATO, Maersk, The British Army and over 150 NHS trusts. Developed and implemented HR, payroll and other kinds of integrations using .NET C#. Responsible for running, supporting and enhancing the data migration toolkit, based in T-SQL. Customer facing interaction, either remotely or on site to gather requirements, propose and deploy solutions.

.NET C# SQL Server T-SQL SVN TFS IIS Entity Framework Git
Oct 2012 - Dec 2014

Software Developer

ITSector - Lisbon, Portugal

Migrated a legacy credit recovery solution to Web Forms, for Caixa Económica Montepio Geral, taking on full stack responsibilities but with greater focus on the .NET backend. Collaborated closely with other teams and end-users to develop new functionality, test, troubleshoot issues and understand business needs. Been deeply involved in the specification, design and development of an add-in for MS Outlook to save email messages and attachments to a MS SQL Server database. Onboarded and coached a new intern colleague while managing the development of a new feature, planning and assigning tasks.

.NET C# ASP.NET SQL Server T-SQL Windows Forms TFS Visual Basic.NET
May 2012 - Jun 2012

Software Developer Intern

Intelie - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Feb 2011 - Jul 2011

Inbound Call Centre Technical Support Assistant

Randstad Technologies - Braga, Portugal

Education

Aug 2011 - Jul 2012

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Erasmus Mundus programme
Sep 2010 - Jul 2012

University of Minho

Braga, Portugal

Master's Degree in Systems Engineering
Sep 2006 - Jul 2010

University of Minho

Braga, Portugal

Bachelor's Degree in Informatics Engineering

Other

Interests

Embarking on culinary adventures, whether experimenting in the kitchen or exploring the latest new restaurants. Pedaling through life with a love for cycling, cultivating a thriving indoor jungle of house plants, and embarking on TV show marathons for the ultimate escape. Always planning the next travel adventure to add to the collection of unforgettable experiences.

Languages
  • English (fluent)
  • Portuguese (native)
Blog posts
Fluent Builder - a tasty approach to create complex objects