Daniel Gomes

Daniel Gomes has a diverse range of work experience, spanning various roles and responsibilities. Daniel started their career in 2013 as an Online Teaching Assistant at MongoDB, where they monitored online educational forums and assisted students in a Node.js developers class.

In 2013, Daniel worked as a Senior Software Engineer at GuestCentric Systems, where they solved design and architecture problems for a PHP 5 legacy application. Daniel also built integrations with TripAdvisor and developed a portable development environment using Vagrant and Puppet.

From 2014 to 2016, Daniel joined Uniplaces, initially as a Senior Software Engineer, contributing to the development of new Core APIs and clients for all Uniplaces platforms. Daniel then took on the role of Tech Lead, leading an agile team and focusing on maintaining and developing new features for Uniplaces' internal tools. Additionally, they served as a Performance & Stability Engineer, monitoring platforms and implementing mechanisms for faster problem identification.

In 2016, Daniel joined Talkdesk as a Senior Software Engineer on the Marketplace Backend Team. Daniel played a significant role in building Talkdesk's Marketplace from the ground up, contributing to code, gathering requirements, providing backend architecture solutions, and designing RESTful APIs. Daniel later became a Team Lead for the Marketplace Backend Team and acted as a Scrum Master, guiding and mentoring team members.

From 2018 to 2019, Daniel worked as a Senior Product Engineer at Teamleader CRM, and in 2019, they became the Chief Technology Officer at 3cket. As CTO, they led and managed the engineering team, overseeing the development and growth of a modular event management suite.

In 2021, Daniel joined Docler Holding Luxembourg as an Engineering Manager, responsible for managing the engineering team. Daniel then took on the role of Director of Engineering at Liquid in 2022.

In addition to their professional roles, Daniel co-founded and organized the phplx User Group in 2012. Daniel negotiated with sponsors and worked to bring more developers into the group, aiming to promote local talent and facilitate community growth.

Throughout their career, Daniel has demonstrated proficiency in various technologies and tools, including PHP, Ruby, MongoDB, Heroku, Redis, Symfony, DDD, AWS, and more. Their experience spans software development, team leadership, performance optimization, and architecture design.

Daniel Gomes began their education journey in 2004 at ETIC, where they pursued a technical course in programming of web applications. Daniel completed this course in 2007. In 2008, Daniel enrolled at the Universidade Lusíada de Lisboa, where they pursued a degree in Computer Science. During their time at the university, they studied various subjects including math, algorithms, artificial intelligence, programming, and software engineering. Daniel completed their degree in 2011.

In the same year, Daniel obtained certifications from ScrumAlliance, becoming a certified Scrum Master, and from Homo Practicus, becoming a Certified Instructor for teaching. Continuing their education, Daniel obtained additional certifications in different fields. In 2012, they became a Zend Certified Engineer PHP 5.3 through Zend Technologies Ltd. In 2013, they obtained a Statement of Accomplishment from Coursera in IT and another one from MongoDB University.

In the same year, Daniel also became an Oracle Certified Professional, MySQL 5 Developer, and completed courses in Machine Learning and Web Intelligence and Big Data, both from Coursera. Moving forward, in 2017, Daniel enrolled in Trailhead by Salesforce to pursue a Ranger degree in Salesforce Admin & Developer. As of the provided information, their enrollment at Trailhead by Salesforce is ongoing.

Throughout their education, Daniel has also obtained various additional certifications. In 2011, they became a Certified Trainer through IEFP - Portugal. In 2012, they obtained a certification as a Certified ScrumMaster from ScrumAlliance. Daniel's most recent certifications include AWS Certified Developer - Associate and AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate, both obtained in 2018 from Amazon Web Services, and the Talkdesk Agent Course from Talkdesk, also obtained in 2018.

Overall, Daniel Gomes has a diverse education history, with a focus on computer science, programming, project management, and various IT-related fields.