Senior Software Engineer / Engineering Lead

  Senapt Limited / Tomato Energy – UK (Remote)

July 2022 – January 2026

• Energy market technology company building digital platforms for energy suppliers and consumers.
• Led engineering efforts across multiple products, including Tomato Energy, myWatts, and the myWatts mobile app, from early-stage start-up through scale-up.
• Led myWatts platform, scaling the product to approximately 30,000 users and 45,000 meters at peak adoption, processing 2 million energy consumption messages daily.
• Owned the full SDLC, from product discovery and architectural design through delivery, production support, and iteration.
• Technical lead for a cross-functional team of 12 people, providing mentorship, architectural guidance, and delivery accountability.
• Worked closely with product, operations, and energy market stakeholders, translating regulatory and business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Designed and maintained high-throughput, event-driven systems, ensuring reliability, performance, and cost efficiency at scale.
• Contributed to DevOps strategy and cloud cost optimisation, supporting rapid growth while maintaining operational stability.
• Hands-on development across backend, cloud infrastructure, and integrations.
• Tech: Java, JEE, TypeScript, Microservices, GraphQL, Helidon, Web Services (RESTful), DevOps, Terraform, EKS / Kubernetes, Docker, AWS (SNS, SQS), PostgreSQL, Timescale, ArangoDB, NATS / JetStream, Redis, TDD, Unit Testing, Mockito, Maven, CI/CD, Git and GitHub Actions.

Senior Software Engineer

  The Very Group – Liverpool, UK

October 2019 – June 2022

• One of the UK’s largest online retailers and financial services providers, operating high-scale e-commerce and credit platforms.
• Worked within the Customer Onboarding team, responsible for systems supporting new customer acquisition, identity checks, and credit onboarding journeys.
• Contributed to the design and development of highly available microservices supporting millions of users and peak retail traffic.
• Mentored engineers within the team and contributed to engineering best practices.
• Delivered production-grade systems with a strong focus on reliability, observability, and automated testing.
• Tech: Java, JEE, Spring Framework, Spring Boot, Microservices, Web Services (RESTful), JSON:API, React, Postman, Terraform, AWS, AWS Lambdas, Nginx, Akamai, DynamoDB, TDD, Unit Testing, Mockito, Groovy, Gradle, Git and Jenkins.

Senior Software Engineer

  Door Ventures – Liverpool, UK

June 2018 – October 2019

• Fintech company providing due diligence and financial intelligence platforms for investment and asset managers.
• Designed APIs and data flows to support secure ingestion, processing, and presentation of sensitive financial information.
• Delivered end-to-end features across backend and frontend, supporting investor-facing workflows.
• Tech: Java, JEE, Spring, JPA and Hibernate, Web Services (RESTful), Postman/Newman, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, React and Redux, AWS, MySQL, Apache Maven, Tomcat, TDD, Unit Testing, Mockito, Git and Jenkins.

Senior Software Engineer

  RS2 Software plc – UK (Remote)

April 2017 – May 2018

• Global fintech company providing payment processing and transaction switching solutions for banks and financial institutions.
• Collaborated with cross-border teams and stakeholders in a regulated financial environment.
• Tech: Java, JEE, Apache Camel, Web Services (RESTful and SOAP), JSON:API, Spring, Quartz, ActiveMQ, Groovy, ColdFusion, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, AngularJS, Oracle DB, PL/SQL, Apache Maven, JBoss EAP, Unit Testing, TestNG, Mockito and SVN.

Senior Software Engineer

  RS2 Software plc – Malta

May 2016 – April 2017

• Global fintech company providing payment processing and transaction switching solutions for banks and financial institutions.
• Collaborated with cross-border teams and stakeholders in a regulated financial environment.
• Tech: Java, JEE, Apache Camel, Web Services (RESTful and SOAP), JSON:API, Spring, Quartz, ActiveMQ, Groovy, ColdFusion, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, AngularJS, Oracle DB, PL/SQL, Apache Maven, JBoss EAP, Unit Testing, TestNG, Mockito and SVN.

Senior Software Engineer

  Indra Company – São Paulo, Brazil

October 2014 – January 2016

• Development of insurance systems and web systems (Mapfre project).
• Tech: Java, JSP, JPA, Hibernate, JBoss Seam, JSF, Rich Faces, Oracle DB, PL/SQL, JBoss EAP and TDD.

Career Break / Sabbatical Year

August 2013 – September 2014

• Career break involving extensive travel across four continents, strengthening adaptability, independence, and cross-cultural communication skills.

Senior Software Engineer / Tech Lead

  TCI BPO – São Paulo, Brazil

November 2011 – July 2013

• Supply Chain and outsourcing company with about 2,000 employees, including 45 in the IT field.
• Leadership and mentorship role (leading an engineering team of 5 people).
• Development of Supply Chain projects, using Agile methodology and Scrum.
• Tech: Java, JBoss AS 7, JBoss EAP 6.1, Tomcat, Struts, JPA, Hibernate, Oracle, PostgreSQL, PL/PgSQL and integration with mainframe via Socket.

Lecturer

  Universidade Paulista – São Paulo, Brazil

August 2011 – December 2011

• One of the biggest universities in Brazil with 200,000 students.
• Lecturer of disciplines: Process Modelling (UML) and Object-Oriented Programming (Java).

Software Engineer

  Senac São Paulo – São Paulo, Brazil

May 2007 – November 2011

Computer Programmer

  BusinesSystem – São Paulo, Brazil

April 2006 – April 2007

Computer Programmer

  Prodoctor RX Marketing – São Paulo, Brazil

June 2002 – March 2006

Customer Support

  Bam-Net Internet By Hour – São Paulo, Brazil

June 2000 – May 2002

2014

  Seda College – Dublin, Ireland

​English Language

2012 – 2013

  Oficina de Atores Nilton Travesso – São Paulo, Brazil

Acting

​2009 – 2010

  UNIBTA – São Paulo, Brazil

MBA IT Project Management

​2004 – 2007

  FIEO University Centre – São Paulo, Brazil

BSc Information Systems Technology