Pedro is available for hire

Pedro Pinto

Verified Expert in Engineering

Software Developer

Location

London, United Kingdom

Toptal Member Since

July 26, 2016

With over fourteen years of programming experience, António can provide top quality code with very low incidence of bugs. He also has over eight years of experience in application support, which provides him with the ability to quickly trace application errors.

Java SQL C#Ruby Spring Boot Windows RubyMine Artificial Intelligence (AI)Visual Studio .NET Spring Test-driven Development (TDD)PostgreSQL Visual Studio Code (VS Code)Linux Mint

Portfolio

Pythia Sports

Apache Kafka, Spring Boot, React, Node.js, Java 11

OpenBet

Docker, Linux, IBM Informix, Tcl

Bold International

iSeries SQL, iSeries RPG

Experience

Java - 13 years SQL - 13 years C# - 11 years Ruby - 9 years IBM Informix - 3 years Spring Boot - 2 years

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

GitHub, IntelliJ IDEA, RubyMine, Windows

The most amazing...

...project I've worked on is a compiler for the Ruby programming language.

Work Experience

Senior Software Engineer

2020 - PRESENT

Pythia Sports

Improved the risk management platform.

Technologies: Apache Kafka, Spring Boot, React, Node.js, Java 11

Senior Software Engineer

2017 - 2020

OpenBet

Developed and enhanced OpenBet's platform.

Technologies: Docker, Linux, IBM Informix, Tcl

Consultant

2015 - 2016

Bold International

Designed and implemented a configurable and dynamic screen system.

Technologies: iSeries SQL, iSeries RPG

Lead Support

2009 - 2015

i2S

Created a set of tools to automate support tasks using Ruby.
Maintained i2S's system for a specific client.
Created a set of tools to automate support tasks using Ruby with Sequel.
Implemented an Active Record querying library in Java.
Developed an insurance policy integration system using Java with WebServices.

Technologies: Ruby, iSeries SQL, iSeries RPG, Java

Developer

2007 - 2009

i2S

Developed a module to calculate Easter.
Created a process to integrate cash-back premiums into our system.
Created a set of extendable migration processes for integration of external data into our system.

Technologies: iSeries SQL, iSeries RPG, Java

Experience

Mint VM

https://github.com/SilverPhoenix99/mintcs

Implementation of a Ruby VM in .NET, using the following technologies:

Ragel: a state machine compiler used for the lexer
GPPG: an LALR(1) parser for .NET

Rbell

https://github.com/SilverPhoenix99/rbell

Ruby Embedded LL(1) parser generator: A DSL on top of Ruby to construct LL(1) parser generators.

Ducktape

https://github.com/SilverPhoenix99/ducktape

A Ruby gem to construct bindable attributes, similar to what is found in MVVM frameworks like WPF on .NET Framework.

Roglew

https://github.com/SilverPhoenix99/roglew

Ruby bindings and wrapper of OpenGL functions.

GLMath

https://github.com/SilverPhoenix99/glmath

A Ruby graphics math library. It includes vectors, matrices, and quaternions.

Neat.Net

https://github.com/SilverPhoenix99/NeatNet

Implementation of the NEAT neural network in C#.

Skills

Languages

Tcl, Java, Ruby, SQL, C#, Java 11, HTML5, Sass, UML, CoffeeScript, JavaScript, CSS3

Tools

Eclipse IDE, RubyMine, Visual Studio, Ragel, IntelliJ IDEA, GitHub

Paradigms

Concurrent Programming, Object-oriented Programming (OOP), Test-driven Development (TDD), REST, Imperative Programming, Functional Programming

Platforms

Windows, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Linux Mint, Ubuntu, Apache Kafka, Linux, Docker

Other

iSeries RPG, iSeries SQL, Parsers, Garbage Collection, Artificial Intelligence (AI), HTTP

Frameworks

Spring Boot, .NET, Spring, Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), Ruby on Rails (RoR), Laravel, Sinatra, Padrino

Libraries/APIs

jQuery, Node.js, React, OpenGL

Industry Expertise

Life Insurance

Storage

IBM Informix, PostgreSQL, MongoDB

Education

2001 - 2007

Licentiate Degree in Computer Engineering and Science

Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia - Lisboa, Portugal

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