Guilherme Fernando Ferreira, Developer in São Paulo - State of São Paulo, Brazil

Guilherme Fernando Ferreira

Software Developer

Location
São Paulo - State of São Paulo, Brazil
Toptal Member Since
January 20, 2014

Guilherme is an Agile developer with a BS in Computer Science. He is a passionate programmer with over 10 years of experience in Ruby, JavaScript, Python, PHP, Java, and more. He has spoken at conferences including Campus Party, Agile Brazil, and Agile Tour.

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Portfolio

Webgoal
HTML5, CSS3, jQuery, JavaScript, CakePHP, Sinatra, Ruby on Rails (RoR)
B2Soft
Objective-C, Ruby on Rails (RoR), HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SQLite, MySQL, PHP
NTS Info
CSS, HTML, JavaScript, MySQL, PHP

Experience

JavaScript - 9 yearsRuby - 6 yearsObjective-C - 5 yearsRuby on Rails (RoR) - 5 yearsTest-driven Development (TDD) - 4 yearsClojure - 3 years

Location

São Paulo - State of São Paulo, Brazil

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

IRBs, Zsh, GitHub, Git, Vim Text Editor, Xcode, Sublime Text, OS X

The most amazing...

...thing I've coded is a REST web crawler service to collect data about bids provided by many Brazilian government entities.

Work Experience

2011 - 2014

Software Engineer

Webgoal
  • Developed a tool to increase the performance of web site requests with features such as create sprite images and compress/obfuscate JavaScript and CSS files.
  • Worked on a financial control system for small companies using CakePHP and MySQL.
  • Supported the migration of all projects from SVN to Git.
  • Implemented Gitlab, a tool to control Git repositories and allow for easy management of project creation and access.
  • Reworked a deploy tool to use Git instead of SVN and covered with unit tests.
  • Implemented a REST web crawler service using Sinatra to collect data about biddings provided by various Brazilian governmental entities.
Technologies: HTML5, CSS3, jQuery, JavaScript, CakePHP, Sinatra, Ruby on Rails (RoR)
2009 - 2011

Web Developer

B2Soft
  • Worked on a flexible system to search and purchase flight tickets using PHP, JavaScript, and MySQL.
  • Worked with a small MVC framework written in PHP.
  • Developed a logistics management system in PHP and MySQL.
  • Developed a retail system in PHP integrated with the logistics system.
  • Developed an easy to use RSS reader for iPhone and iPad (Objective-C).
  • Coded back-end logic in Ruby to collect all RSS data and send notifications to iOS devices.
  • Created a client to the RSS reader in Ruby on Rails.
Technologies: Objective-C, Ruby on Rails (RoR), HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SQLite, MySQL, PHP
2005 - 2007

Web Developer

NTS Info
  • Developed institutional web sites using HTML, JavaScript, and CSS.
  • Implemented a web system in PHP to control software updates.
  • Developed a tool in Java to migrate Firebird databases to MySQL.
  • Developed websites in PHP with features including an events calendar, photo galleries, and blog posts.
  • Developed a tool using PHP and JavaScript to upload and manipulate images.
Technologies: CSS, HTML, JavaScript, MySQL, PHP

Experience

Clickdisk

Developed back-end logic and a migration tool to collect data from many Firebird database files and centralize all data under the MySQL server. I also developed iOS and Android apps for this project.

Skills

Languages

PHP, Ruby, JavaScript, Clojure, Java, Objective-C, CSS, HTML, CSS3, HTML5, Python

Frameworks

Ruby on Rails (RoR), Sinatra, CakePHP

Libraries/APIs

jQuery, ImageMagick, Watir WebDriver

Tools

Git, Capistrano, Sublime Text 2, Zsh, Vim Text Editor, Cucumber, RSpec, Sublime Text, Xcode, GitHub, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator

Paradigms

Test-driven Development (TDD), Agile Software Development, Extreme Programming, Pair Programming, Scrum

Platforms

MacOS, Linux, iOS, OS X, Android

Storage

SQLite, PostgreSQL, MySQL

Other

Web Crawlers, IRBs

Education

2008 - 2011

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais - Poços de Caldas - Minas Gerais