Afonso Pinto

Software Engineer focused on transforming domain challenges into innovative software solutions.

London, United kingdom, GMT

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About

As a Software Engineer, I specialize in turning industry-specific challenges into reliable software solutions. My experience spans building efficient application architectures, streamlining data integration, and improving user interfaces in web applications. I'm committed to delivering functional, impactful results that meet real-world needs.

Education

Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto

Sep. 2015 - Sep. 2020
MSc in Informatics and Computing Engineering

Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto

Feb. 2019 - Jul. 2019
Exchange Programme in Network and Information Systems Engineering (Master Level)

Ghent University

Sep. 2019 - Jan. 2020
Exchange Programme in Computer Science (Master Level)

Work Experience

MetaCell
Remote

Sep. 2018 - Present

Senior Full Stack Developer

Advanced expertise in frontend and backend development, leading projects and guiding teams in the development of web applications and data visualization tools.

OpenWorm (Google Summer of Code 2018)
Remote

May 2018 - Aug. 2018

Full Stack Developer

Developed from scratch a web application (prototype) to read, visualize and explore the content of NWB 2.0 files (an unified language for neuroscience content).

Skills

Python
Django
Argo Workflows
Kafka
TypeScript
React
Kubernetes

Projects

SCKAN Composer

A web application to store comprehensive knowledge base of autonomic nervous system (ANS) nerve to end organ connectivity.

Backend Developer
Django
MetaCell

Salk Interactive Atlas

A web application for data registration and visualization against the Salk atlas.

Technical Lead
Django
React
Argo Workflows
MetaCell

UNRAVEL

A web application to explore statistical maps of neuronal activity within a Dicom Viewer.

Lead Developer
React
Redux
MetaCell

Javelin Dashboard

A progressive web app dashboard for Javelin drug analysis.

Full Stack Developer
Python
React
MetaCell

Ebrains-Italy

A showcasing website for neuroscience models, tools, and datasets based in Italy.

Technical Lead
Strapi
NextJS

HFO Tools

A micro-services project designed to analyze and visualize brain imaging and electrophysiological data.

Backend Developer
Django
Argo Workflows
MetaCell

Antibody Registry

An updated version of the Antibody Registry platform.

Backend Developer
Django
MetaCell

Psyneulink View

An electron no-code application for visualizing, editing and executing neuroscience models.

Full Stack Developer
Python
React
MetaCell

Neuroscan

A web-application that enables collaborators to build selected 3D visualizations from combinations of neurons, contacts and synapses.

Full Stack Developer
Strapi
React
MetaCell

EEG Streaming

A proof of concept application that simulates EEG signals and plots them in real-time.

Full Stack Developer
Python
React
Kafka
WebSockets
MetaCell

IFN Neurologic

An advanced decision support system for clinicians.

Backend Developer
Flask
MetaCell

Medicine Graph

An application designed to explore, interrogate and edit multiscale and multimodal data about the anatomy, physiology and pathology of the human body.

Full Stack Developer
Flask
Strapi
React
Neo4j
MetaCell

HNN UI

An user-friendly web application that gives researchers and clinicians the ability to test and develop hypotheses on the circuit mechanism underlying their EEG/MEG data.

Frontend Developer
React
MetaCell

Geppetto Meta

A web-based visualisation and simulation library to build neuroscience software applications.

Library Maintainer

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