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Márcio Porto, Software Developer in Denver, CO, United States
Márcio Porto

Software Developer in Denver, CO, United States

Member since June 2, 2015
For the past three years, Márcio has been working as a lead full-stack web developer for two different startups. He is comfortable working with technologies such as Ruby on Rails, Django, React, Docker, and AWS (EC2, S3, and RDS). Márcio also is experienced with machine learning and blockchain development. Check out his GitHub profile for more details about recent projects.
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Portfolio

Experience

  • Python, 4 years
  • Ruby on Rails (RoR), 3 years
  • Solidity, 2 years
  • PostgreSQL, 2 years
  • AWS EC2, 1 year
  • TensorFlow, 1 year
  • React, 1 year
Denver, CO, United States

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Linux, Windows, Sublime, Android Studio, Git

The most amazing...

...project I've worked on used Intel’s RealSense camera to build glasses that help visually impaired people make sense of the environment around them.

Employment

  • Software Developer

    2017 - PRESENT
    Orderly Health
    • Applied Natural-Language processing techniques to build and train multiple dialog trees for Orderly's chatbot, Louie.
    • Led the redesign of PostgreSQL database schema which cut down latency of some queries by half.
    • Implemented a payment functionality by using multiple Stripe APIs.
    • Led an effort to increase automated test coverage to 50% of the codebase.
    • Led a major UI/UX redesign of the product which led to a 20% increase in positive user feedback.
    Technologies: Python, Django, React.js, AWS, IBM Watson, PostgreSQL

  • Web Developer

    2016 - 2016
    MANGO Connects
    • Used Ruby on Rails to build an MVP from scratch in less than three months as the lead developer.
    • Built an admin panel with extensive features to simplify management of product data.
    • Led database switch from PostgreSQL to MongoDB which alleviated performance issues and simplified the addition of new use cases.
    • Managed all the DevOps tasks and infrastructure in Heroku; including the releases, performance monitoring, and scaling.
    Technologies: Ruby on Rails, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, MongoDB

Experience

  • Vigios (Development)

    A Rails web app where Brazilian voters can subscribe to emails with updates regarding the recent work of their representatives in Congress. These emails include information such as votes, projects, and news. Currently, I'm rewriting the main features before releasing the website ahead of the upcoming elections.

  • Virtual Self-driving Car (Development)

    Currently, I'm training a virtual self-driving car using Keras and Udacity’s self-driving car simulator. I am using a convolutional neural network that takes as its input the pixels from the simulator screen and decides what to do next based on its current state and previous knowledge.

  • Papramaki (Development)
    https://github.com/MarcioPorto/papramaki

    This is an Android application that I built during my software development class that tracks the spending habits of users. I played the role of project manager, leading our team to deliver functionalities beyond the initial expectations for the project. I also built the API consumed by the Android app using Ruby on Rails.

  • BlindSight (Development)

    A finalist project at the Intel Singapore Invent 50 Competition, where our team built glasses that use Intel's RealSense camera to help people who are visually impaired make sense of their environment. I implemented the text reading and object-recognition features using OpenCV and C++.

  • Distributed Exchange Smart Contract (Development)

    Currently, I'm working on a Solidity smart contract implementing a simple distributed exchange for ERC20 tokens on the Ethereum blockchain. It will contain a basic functionality such as placing a buy or sell order as well as depositing or withdrawing tokens.

Skills

  • Languages

    JavaScript, HTML/CSS, Ruby, Java, Python, Solidity, SQL

  • Frameworks

    Ruby on Rails (RoR), Django, Android SDK, AngularJS

  • Libraries/APIs

    jQuery, Keras, TensorFlow, Google Maps API, Mongoid, React, Node.js

  • Tools

    Sublime Text 3, IntelliJ, Git, Microsoft Visual Studio, Android Studio

  • Paradigms

    Agile Software Development, Object-oriented Programming (OOP)

  • Platforms

    Windows, AWS EC2, Linux, Android, Docker

  • Storage

    PostgreSQL, AWS S3, AWS RDS, MySQL, MongoDB

  • Other

    Front-end Development, Software Developer

Education

  • Nanodegree in Deep Learning
    2017 - 2017
    Udacity - Remote
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Data Science
    2013 - 2017
    Macalester College - Saint Paul, MN, USA
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