António Manuel Dos Santos Fernandes

Full Stack Developer & Software Engineering Student

Vila Real, Portugal

About Me

Software Engineering student with expertise in full-stack development. Currently pursuing a Master's in Software Engineering at FEUP after completing a Bachelor's in Informatics Engineering (GPA 3.5). Experienced in building scalable applications with .NET, Next.js, and AI integration. Former researcher at EUROCC 2, focusing on High-Performance Computing and machine learning optimization. Passionate about creating real-time systems, microservices architecture, and AI-powered solutions.

Work

EUROCC 2
Researcher
2025 - 2025
Delivered training on High-Performance Computing environments and conducted research on CNN optimization using TensorFlow and Keras on HPC systems.

Education

Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto

2025 - Present

Software Engineering
University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro

2022 - 2025

Computer Engineering

Projects

MatchBy •

A platform that connects people who want to play sports, making it easy to create, find, and join games nearby.

Smart match discovery with location-based searchReal-time chat & notifications via SignalR
UniQueue

Real-time university canteen management system with occupancy tracking, meal purchases, and AI-powered people counting.

Deep learning models for real-time occupancy trackingQueue processing with Redis and Python workers
ConnectHub

Social network with real-time chats, user profiles, and content sharing. Built with Next.js and .NET 9.

Real-time messaging with SignalR (1-1 and group chats)Media uploads to Amazon S3 with pre-signed URLs

Skills

C#
.NET
RabbitMQ
Docker
PostgreSQL
Blazor
Git
SQL
Microservices