Eduardo Vedes ✨

CTO

Faro, Faro, Portugal6 yrs 6 mos experience

AI Enabled

Key Highlights

Architected fintech applications from the ground up.
Led teams delivering platforms for 100M+ users.
Co-founded an AI-powered SaaS platform.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Full Stack Engineer with expertise in Fintech and SaaS.

Contact

eduardo.vedes@gmail.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Ai Software DevelopmentRuby On RailsNext.jsReactTeam LeadershipTypescriptWeb DevelopmentJavascript

Other Skills

RubyAlpine.jsTailwind CSSCommunicationRapid Prototypingreact hook formSoftware ProjectsMockupsclojureWireframingDebuggingPostgreSQLtailwindMaterial-UIMongoDB

About

I build systems that solve real problems—and lead the teams that bring them to life. Over the past 8+ years, I've worn many hats: frontend architect, team lead, CTO, and always a hands-on engineer. I've helped scale platforms serving 100M+ users, architected fintech applications from the ground up, and recently co-founded Zarta, an AI-powered SaaS platform that transforms how businesses document their knowledge. What drives me? The intersection of great code and great teams. I believe the best solutions emerge when you combine solid technical architecture with clear communication, mentorship, and a bias toward shipping. Whether I'm refactoring a PostgreSQL schema, designing a component library, or implementing AI pipelines, I'm focused on creating value that lasts. I work remote from Portugal and collaborate with teams across the US and Europe. Currently exploring opportunities where I can combine technical leadership with hands-on development—ideally in spaces where AI/ML meets real user needs. Tech I love working with: React, JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js Nest.js, Docker, CI/CD ops, PostgreSQL, AI/ML integrations (OpenAI, Anthropic), and anything that makes developers' lives easier.

Experience

6 yrs 6 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 9 mos

Average Tenure

6 mos

Current Experience

Mindera

AI Engineer

Nov 2025 – Present · 6 mos · United Kingdom · Remote

Hubstaff

Frontend Architect

Jul 2024 – Aug 2025 · 1 yr 1 mo · United States · Remote

Drove architectural transformation for a time-tracking platform serving 112,000+ businesses globally and
500,000+ users.
Led migration from legacy server-side rendering to hybrid Hotwire/Turbo + Alpine.js architecture,
improving page load times by 40% and adding a more dynamic behaviour to the frontend
Created and shipped company-wide design system adopted by 6 product teams, reducing UI
development time by 30%
Built innovative AI-powered developer assistant using Phi-3 + RAG (Ollama + PgVector), increasing
design system adoption by 60%
Mentored 2 frontend engineers, establishing code review standards that reduced production bugs by
50%

AI Software DevelopmentRubyRuby on RailsAlpine.jsTailwind CSS

Thestarter - cursos avançados de ux design

Chief Technology Officer (Fractional)

Apr 2024 – Jun 2025 · 1 yr 2 mos · Lisbon, Portugal · Remote

AI Software Development

Flexiana

3 roles

Full Stack Engineer (Cicada Bank)

Mar 2023 – Mar 2024 · 1 yr · Sheridan, Wyoming, United States · Remote

Delivered critical features for the fintech platform. Architected and led React/Next.js frontend with 98% Lighthouse performance score, ready to support 1M+ users
Established component library and design system, accelerating feature development by 35%
Redesigned PostgreSQL database schema, improving query performance by 60%
Introduced Agile/Scrum practices, increasing team velocity by 40% and improving sprint predictability

Next.jsCommunicationRapid PrototypingReactreact hook formSoftware Projects+6

Team Lead (Livesport Team)

Apr 2022 – Feb 2023 · 10 mos · Sheridan, Wyoming, United States · Remote

Led distributed team delivering sports platform infrastructure viewed by 100M+ users globally.
Reorganized and enhanced scrum flow, with a focus on increasing team predictability at least by 100%
Managed and solved team cultural problems, implemented 1:1s and evaluation and managed
hiring/firing of team members
Improved team onboarding experience making onboarding process feel seamless
Created and shipped the new identity websites used by 100+ millions of users per month

Material-UIMongoDBTeam LeadershipGitreact queryMySQL+14

Full Stack Engineer (Livesport Team)

Sep 2021 – Jan 2023 · 1 yr 4 mos · Sheridan, Wyoming, United States · Remote

Refactored and enhanced a varied set of services from identity to domain and deployment
management, working on dozens of integrations with widely known tools in the market, such as Quay,
Adobe, Slack, Gmail, Google, Office 365

Material-UIMongoDBTypeScriptreact queryMySQLgitlab cicd+13

Nxtedition

Frontend Engineer

Apr 2020 – Sep 2021 · 1 yr 5 mos · Sweden · Remote

Developed WebGL-based media editor and calendar integration reducing content production time by
50%.
Led the design and improvement of the UI component library + UI/UX experience
Created a calendar/management tool based on the RRULE spec to integrate w/Gmail

WebpackReact.jsCommunicationDocker ProductsSoftware ProjectsMockups+6

Irdeto

Frontend Developer - React + Redux

Sep 2017 – Mar 2020 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Amsterdam Area, Netherlands · Remote

Led the creation of a UI Components Library / System Design (Storybook) and a Developer Guide
(Iris Developer) used to build most of the company services
Created the frontend foundations of the User Management Service, a service to interact with Auth0,
allowing managers to set roles and permissions in a simple way
Created an abstraction for Dynamic Dashboards: a component wrapper to provide a way to resize,
drag&drop and organize components in a dashboard
Created company-wide UI component library (Storybook) adopted by 15+ internal services

Redux ThunkRedux.jsReact.jsCommunicationSoftware ProjectsMockups+4

Freecodecamp

Mentor and Top Contributor (2018)

Sep 2017 – Dec 2018 · 1 yr 3 mos · Faro Area, Portugal

I've been contributing to building the freeCodeCamp community. As a freeCodeCamp advocate, I advise and motivate people to start this awesome totally free boot camp and I give them mentoring and motivation to overcome the growing pains associated with the learning process.

MongoDBWeb DevelopmentComputer EngineeringReact.jsNode.jsHTML+9