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Marco André

Software Engineer

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About Me

I recently completed my Master's in Informatics and Computing Engineering at FEUP, graduating with a final grade of 18/20. My thesis, “Generalized Prototypical Parts Siamese Networks for Explainable Identity Recognition”, was awarded 19/20 and focused on developing two novel AI architectures to make facial recognition more transparent and trustworthy.

My background gave me solid expertise in machine learning, deep learning, and computer vision (primarily with Python), but my professional interests extend well beyond AI. I'm passionate about software development as a whole, from building modern web applications and backend systems to designing user-friendly mobile apps and experimenting with game development.

I enjoy building practical, user-focused solutions and thrive on solving complex problems that make a meaningful difference. I believe technology should empower people and improve daily life in responsible ways, and I'm excited to bring that mindset to the projects and teams I work with.

Spoken Languages

🇵🇹 Portuguese Native
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🇬🇧 English Proficient (near native)

Experience

INESC TEC

Research Intern

Conducted research under a scientific initiation grant on explainable facial recognition solutions and published a scientific article to ICCV.

ITSector

Capstone Internship

Developed DevOps solutions using Microsoft Azure Cloud, integrated with CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure-as-Code automations with Terraform.

Education

Master in Informatics and Computing Engineering

Sept. 2023 - July 2025

FEUP - Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto

Final grade: 18/20

Bachelor of Informatics and Computing Engineering

Sept. 2020 - July 2023

FEUP - Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto

Final grade: 18/20

Projects

Chess in C with Minix Drivers

Project written in C for Minix that implements custom drivers for the following devices: timer, keyboard, mouse, video card, real-time clock, and serial port. This project accomplished perfect harmony between all devices, converging into a smooth animated multiplayer chess game.

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Nexus - Social Network

A fully functional social network built with Laravel, featuring user authentication, profile and group management, notifications, and real-time chat and videocall.

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Láthos: Indie Game

A complete indie game developed in C# using Unity, featuring custom models, animations, and multi-class RPG player systems. It offers a captivating story, immersive gameplay with multiple enemy types, and numerous levels culminating in an epic final boss battle.

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Local-first Shopping List Web App

A local-first, distributed shopping list application designed with high availability, fault tolerance, and collaborative features inspired by Amazon's Dynamo architecture.

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Maze Game with an AI Solver

Built a maze game with Python, featuring a graphical interface and an AI solver that employs multiple search algorithms to find the best path through the maze.

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Tasty Eats Website

A fully functional website built with base HTML, CSS, PHP and JavaScript, featuring a responsive design. It supports AJAX requests for dynamic content loading and includes a custom-built admin panel for managing the website's content.

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Skills

Programming Languages Python C / C++ C# Java PHP Go λ Haskell Dart JavaScript SQL HTML CSS
Frameworks & Libraries Angular FastAPI Laravel Flutter React Unity
Cloud & DevOps Azure Google Cloud Terraform Docker
Tools & Others Git GitLab GitHub Actions Linux Figma Excel