Nuno Fernandes
MLOps Researcher & Msc in Software Engineering
DevOps/Software Engineer with 4+ years of team‑based academic development and in early-career of professional experience, focused on IaC, CI/CD, cloud, and automation, with a growth mindset and strong collaboration habits.
Work Experience
MLOps Researcher
Devoteam • Nov 2025 — Present • Porto, PT
- Researching and developing a MLOps framework using Open Source Software that handles the end-to-end process
- Aims to have a centralized platform for all the involving teams from data handling to a cloud-agnostic deployment
DevOps Engineer Intern
Uphold • Jul 2025 — Sep 2025 • Porto, PT
- Developed a GitHub App Bot in Go with Temporal.io to automate Terraform module versioning, PR generation, and infrastructure workflows, cutting release cycles by 70–80%
- Managed 30+ Terraform modules across core infrastructure repositories, improving CI/CD reliability and resilience
Tools: GitHub App, Temporal.io, Go, Terraform, Terragrunt
Full-Stack Engineer Intern
Musiquence Technologies • Feb 2024 — Jun 2024 • Madeira, PT
- Designed and deployed a patient management web app enabling 4–5 psychologists to track progress of 50+ patients
- Led full software lifecycle using an Agile methodology
Tools: GitHub, Next.js, Google Cloud Functions, Firebase
Education
Master’s of Science, Software Engineering
Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto • Sep 2024 — Jul 2026 • Porto, PT
Current Grade: 17/20
Bachelor’s of Science, Computer Engineering
University of Madeira • Oct 2021 — Jul 2024 • Madeira, PT
Grade: 16/20
Projects
Maintainer, eASKKSA ( askksa.pt )
Personal Project • Aug 2024 — Present
- Responsible for the development of a Laravel web platform to manage 250+ athletes and karate examinations
- Built also a website to promote the association’s values and activities using Next.js, focusing on SEO
Tools: Next.js, Laravel, Vercel, GitHub, Google Analytics 4
AI Engineer, U.PORTO.AI
Academic Project • Feb 2025 — Jul 2025
- Architected an AI chatbot utilizing RAG and web crawling to provide accurate information of the U.Porto website
- Built a Streamlit admin dashboard managing 3000+ crawled pages for content updates and quality control
Tools: FastAPI, Streamlit, Langchain, Qdrant, Crawl4AI, Prometheus, Redis
Awards & Activities
Hackathon Winner, 7.1 Tech Hub 1st Season
Apr 2025
Planned and implemented, in 1 week, with 6 talented colleagues against 4 groups, an algorithm to detect the most intense parts of a movie through sentiment analysis to create shorts and display them in an app to engage younger users.
Academic Volunteer
Oct 2022 — Aug 2024
- Developed the association’s accommodation website using Laravel
- Edited and produced 25+ audio/video files for podcasts (IT’S OKAY, Universitas) and the music group FATUM
Skills
Coding Languages
JavaScript, Python, TypeScript, HTML/CSS, Java, Bash, Go, Terraform
Technologies
Next.js, Django, Laravel, Git, GitHub, UNIX, Docker, NGINX, AWS, Azure, MySQL, Spring Boot
Hobbies
Karate 1st Dan Black Belt
Practising for 10+ years, developing essential values inspired by Bushido: Dojo Kun.
Contact Me
I’m always open to discussing new opportunities and interesting projects. IBM Certified and ready to tackle challenging full-stack development projects.
Email: nuno.o.fernandes@outlook.pt
LinkedIn: nunoferna
GitHub: nunoferna
Location: Madeira/Porto