PAULO GONÇALVESFront-End Engineer

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Native of Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto, Portugal.

With more than 20 years of professional experience, I am currently a Principal Front-End Engineer at Porto Tech Center - Jumia, focused on building scalable, high-performance web applications.

I lead front-end architecture, define technical direction, and promote best practices while leveraging modern frameworks and tooling.

Driven by performance and user experience, I collaborate across teams to deliver robust, user-centric solutions and tackle complex engineering challenges.

Core Competences

Front-End Architecture

System DesignMicro-FrontendsModule FederationSPA / SSR / CSR / SSGState ManagementCode Splitting

React & TypeScript Ecosystem

React 19 / Next.js 15PreactTypeScript / ES6+TailwindCSS / shadcn-uiSCSS / CSS-in-JSTanStack / Zustand

Scalable Web Platform Engineering

Vite / Webpack / Rolluppnpm / yarn / MonorepoPWA / Offline-FirstDesign Systems

Design Systems & Accessibility

A11y / Semantic HTML / SEORadix UIStorybookSVG Sprites

Performance Optimization

Web Vitals / LighthouseBundle OptimizationLazy LoadingTree Shaking

Full-Stack & API Integration

Node.jsExpress.js / Prisma / PostgreSQLREST APIsServer-Side Rendering

DevOps, CI/CD & Developer Experience

Docker / CI/CDGitHub ActionsESLint / oxlintHusky / lint-stagedAI-Assisted Development

Observability & Reliability Engineering

Sentry / GrafanaPlaywright / VitestError TrackingMonitoring

E-commerce & Marketplace Platforms

GA4 / GTM / AnalyticsAd-tech IntegrationsMarketplace Platforms

Engineering Leadership & Team Management

Technical DirectionMentoringCross-team CollaborationAgile / ScrumArchitecture DecisionsIncident Response

Professional Experience

Jumia Porto Tech Center

11 years 8 months

Principal Front-End Engineer

Oct 2022 – Present · 3 years 9 months

Porto, Portugal

Expertise in delivering scalable, high-performance applications across SPA, SSR, and CSR architectures. Specialized in semantic HTML5, accessibility (A11y), SEO, and styling systems with SCSS, CSS-in-JS, Utility CSS, Atomic BEM, TailwindCSS, shadcn-u...

Engineering Manager / Lead Front-End Engineer

Sep 2021 – Oct 2022 · 1 year 2 months

Porto, Portugal

Led engineering teams across Jumia Mall — managed a full-stack team (1 FE + 2 BE + 2 Android + 1 iOS + 2 QAA + 1 PO) and a front-end team (4 FE + 1 QAE + 1 PO). Drove technical execution, code quality, and delivery timelines.

Lead Front-End Engineer

Jun 2020 – Aug 2021 · 1 year 3 months

Portugal

Lead Front-End Engineer for Jumia Mall. Architected front-end solutions, established best practices, and mentored junior engineers while delivering e-commerce features at scale.

Web Engineer (Senior Front-End Engineer)

Apr 2016 – Jun 2020 · 4 years 3 months

Porto, Portugal

Front-end and back-end development of e-commerce solutions for desktop and mobile (including Opera Mini). Built micro-services clients, Jumia Blog, and Jumia Group website. Worked with JavaScript, ECMAScript 5/6, AngularJS (1/2/4), React, Redux, Prea...

Senior Front-End Developer

Nov 2014 – Apr 2016 · 1 year 6 months

Porto, Portugal

E-commerce solutions front-end development for desktop and mobile foundation. Built with Node, Gulp, HTML5, SASS, BEM, JavaScript, jQuery, Ext JS, PHP, MySQL, and Solr.

Rocket Internet GmbH

2 years 6 months

Advanced Developer

Jun 2012 – Nov 2014 · 2 years 6 months

E-commerce solutions front-end and back-end development. Worked with PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, jQuery, Ext JS, Zend Framework, Yii Framework, Solr, Nginx, Apache2, Memcache, and RabbitMQ.

Myone - Comunicação Multimédia

3 years 8 months

Multimedia Engineer

Oct 2008 – May 2012 · 3 years 8 months

Vila Nova de Gaia

Back-end and front-end development (PHP, MySQL, JSON, AJAX, JavaScript, jQuery, XML, CSS3, HTML5, Flash AS3). UI/UX design (Adobe Photoshop, Fireworks, Illustrator, Flash, Corel Draw). Project management.

Medula - Design de Comunicação

1 year 1 month

Web Designer | New Media Developer

Sep 2007 – Sep 2008 · 1 year 1 month

Vila Nova de Gaia

PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, AS3 developer. Interface and web designer. Project management.

Freelance

3 years 8 months

Freelance Web Developer/Designer

Jan 2004 – Aug 2007 · 3 years 8 months

Freelance web development and design projects. Full-stack development, client communication, and project delivery.

For more technical details and experience, please visit my LinkedIn profile.

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