Experience
Professional Experience
Explore my career journey and the roles I’ve held throughout my professional life.
5+
Years of Experience
7
Professional Roles
4
Major Companies
17+
Technologies Mastered
Global Work Experience
USA (Sword Health)
Portugal (All Companies)
Germany (ISS, Deloitte)
France (Deloitte)
Denmark (ISS)
Poland (ISS)
United Kingdom (ISS)
Spain (ISS)
Switzerland (ISS)
Application Security Engineer
Nov 2025 - Present
Porto, Portugal
Portugal
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct comprehensive application security assessments
- Implement security testing automation in CI/CD pipelines
- Perform threat modeling and risk assessments for travel platform
- Collaborate with development teams on secure coding practices
- Lead security code reviews and vulnerability remediation efforts
- Develop security guidelines and best practices for travel industry
BurpSuite
SAST
DAST
DevSecOps
Python
Cloud Security
API Security
Application Security Engineer
Sep 2024 - Present
Porto, Portugal
Poland
Denmark
Germany
Portugal
United Kingdom
Spain
Switzerland
Key Responsibilities
- Launch and develop AppSec Champions Program
- Conduct security testing and code analysis (SAST & DAST)
- Implement DevSecOps practices and tooling
- Perform threat modeling and threat intelligence analysis
- Lead secure software development lifecycle initiatives
- Conduct incident response and forensics
BurpSuite
SAST
DAST
DevOps
Python
Kali Linux
Azure
Application Security Engineer
Sep 2023 - Sep 2024
Porto, Portugal
USA
Portugal
Key Responsibilities
- Conducted comprehensive application security assessments
- Implemented security testing automation in CI/CD pipelines
- Performed threat modeling and risk assessments
- Collaborated with development teams on secure coding practices
- Led security code reviews and vulnerability remediation efforts
- Developed security guidelines and best practices documentation
BurpSuite
SAST
DAST
DevSecOps
Python
Cloud Security
API Security
Cyber Security Consultant
Jul 2023 - Sep 2023
Porto, Portugal
Germany
Portugal
France
Key Responsibilities
- Performed penetration testing and vulnerability assessments
- Conducted governance, compliance and risk assessments (ISO 27001:2022)
- Provided DevSecOps guidance and implementation support
- Network security analysis and hardening
- Bug bounty hunting and security research
- Client consulting on cybersecurity strategy
Pentesting
Bug Bounty
BurpSuite
Kali
Network Security
Cryptography
ISO 27001
Cyber Security Analyst
Oct 2022 - Jul 2023
Porto, Portugal
Germany
Portugal
France
Key Responsibilities
- Monitored and analyzed security events and incidents
- Performed vulnerability assessments and penetration testing
- Implemented security controls and hardening measures
- Collaborated with development teams on secure coding practices
- Conducted security awareness training
- Managed SailPoint IdentityIQ administration and implementation
SIEM
Network Security
Pentesting
Python
Automation
SailPoint IdentityIQ
Master's Thesis Research
2021 - 2022
Lisbon, Portugal
Key Responsibilities
- Focused on Transformers and Retrieval enhanced neural networks
- Developed and trained deep learning models
- Published research findings and collaborated with academic teams
- Applied AI techniques to real-world problems
TensorFlow
PyTorch
Python
Data Science
Deep Learning
Software Developer Intern
Jul 2019 - Aug 2019
Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal
Key Responsibilities
- Hardware integration and software development for nanosatellite (CubeSat)
- Embedded systems programming and testing
- Collaborated on space technology projects
- Participated in multidisciplinary engineering team
- Contributed to taking a CubeSat from concept to space
Embedded C/C++
Hardware Integration
Space Systems
Satellite Development
PDLunipessoal, Lda
Software Developer
Jun 2017 - Sep 2017
Povoação, São Miguel, Portugal
Key Responsibilities
- Management of financial software and registry software
- Conceptual architecture of finance software and information system
- Developed and maintained business management applications
- Database design and implementation
Software Development
Database Management
Financial Systems