Alcino Albuquerque

City: Lisbon, Portugal
E-Mail: alcino@condealbuquerque.com
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/condealbuquerque

Software Engineer with over 8 years of experience building backend-focused systems across fintech, healthcare, and energy. Strong track record in microservices architecture, cloud infrastructure, and high-throughput event-driven systems. Experience working in Agile teams, with a collaborative approach to delivery, code quality, and testing.

Languages & Frameworks

Java, Spring, Go, Node.js, .NET, Python, React, Angular, Vue

Database Management

PostgreSQL, MySQL, MSSQL, MongoDB, Redis

Architecture & Distributed Systems

Microservices, Event-Driven Architecture, DDD, REST, Distributed Transactions, RabbitMQ, AWS SQS

DevOps & Cloud

AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, CI/CD, Git

Testing

JUnit, Mockito, pytest, Vitest

Languages

Portuguese native
English fluent

Academic Path

Computer Science and Engineering
Técnico Lisboa · 2013–2018

Professional Experience

2023 to now CGI (previously BJSS) Software Engineer
Smart Grids Event Processor Migration Migrated a critical on-premise Event Processor to a hybrid AWS microservices architecture for a low-voltage network supervision platform serving over 6 million smart meters. Designed backend services and Angular components integrating AWS SQS, Lambda, and ECS for event-driven alarm processing, with deployment pipelines via Terraform and Jenkins.

Bet Placements & Payment Methods Delivered two core workstreams for a large-scale betting platform processing millions of daily bets. Rebuilt horse racing bet placement in Go from a legacy C#/VB codebase, supporting complex combination bet types. Built payment gateway integrations with 20+ providers, implementing orchestration for routing, load balancing, failover, and retry logic over MySQL.
2017 to 2022 Premium Minds Software Engineer
Hospital Kiosk & Patient Management System Built a full-stack self-service kiosk for a private hospital covering check-in, ticketing, and fee payments. Migrated legacy interfaces to HL7 FHIR, implemented an Apollo GraphQL aggregation layer, a C#/.NET payment service, and the React kiosk front-end.

Corporate Merchandise Platform Built a 2D/3D product rendering simulator using Three.js and React, enabling real-time branded merchandise visualisation and pricing, driving an 80% increase in order submissions with 25% of mockups approved without human input. Also contributed to refactoring a legacy PHP codebase (5.6 → 7.2) backed by MySQL.

Energy Supplier Management Platform Built a microservices platform for a Portuguese regulatory body overseeing 7 million+ electricity and gas meters. Implemented Java/Jooby services, Angular front-ends, RabbitMQ event pipelines, PostgreSQL query optimisation, and Jenkins/Docker CI/CD.

Photography Copyright Register on Blockchain Extended Qtum blockchain node to store photo copyright and authorship records immutably on a custom platform. Managed AWS infrastructure via Terraform and Ansible, and contributed to a PHP/Vue.js photographer portal.