Available for advisory & leadership roles

Engineering clarity
from complexity.

Tech Lead & .NET Architect with 14 years building scalable platforms on .NET and Azure — event-driven architecture, enterprise integration and AI-assisted engineering. From architecture to delivery.

.NET / C# Azure React TypeScript Kafka Docker SQL Server CosmosDB GitHub Copilot AI-Driven Dev Technical Lead Scrum · PSM I PSPO I SharePoint Event-Driven Architecture Microservices
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Fábio Carvalho
Fábio Carvalho
🔹 Tech Lead & .NET Architect🔹 Azure · Event-Driven🔹 Enterprise Integration🔹 AI-Assisted Engineering🔹 PSM I · PSPO I
14
Years
12+
Products
4
Companies
20+
Certs
Contact
fmrgcarvalho@gmail.com linkedin.com/in/fmrgcarvalho
Lisbon, Portugal · UTC+1
14 Years in software engineering
4,000+ Users served on SharePoint platforms
6+ Engineers led across 2 countries
9 Years on a global retail platform
Who I am

Strategy & code in the same room.

With 14 years in software engineering, I combine deep technical expertise with human-centered leadership. I don't just write code — I design systems, build teams, and align technology with business impact.

As a Tech Lead at a Global Fashion & Retail Group, I own the architecture decisions for my team's domain, lead engineers across two countries, and design the event-driven .NET services that connect e-commerce, ERP and CRM. My greatest strength is bridging the gap between engineers and stakeholders.

Certified in Agile, Scrum (PSM), and Product (PSPO), I bring pragmatic product vision alongside technical execution — with a growing focus on AI-enhanced development to multiply team productivity.

⚡
Technical Leadership Leading cross-functional squads, code reviews, architecture decisions, and mentoring senior engineers daily.
🏗
Cloud Architecture Designing event-driven, microservice systems on Azure with Kafka, RabbitMQ, and distributed patterns.
🧠
AI-Driven Development Leveraging GitHub Copilot, AI agents, and modern tooling to accelerate delivery and improve code quality.
🎯
Product Ownership PSPO certified. Defining epics, managing backlogs, and aligning delivery with long-term strategic goals.
Career

14 years. Built different.

Global Fashion & Retail Group
Technical Lead
2024 – Present

Technical lead for engineering teams of 6+ on the .NET and Azure services behind a global fashion retail business. I author the Technical Design Approvals (TDAs), apply DDD, Event-Driven Architecture and SOLID, define coding standards and code review policy, and brought AI-assisted development (GitHub Copilot) into daily practice. Technical counterpart for Product Owners, stakeholders and external partners.

.NETAzureKafkaDDDEvent-DrivenOpenTelemetryLeadership
Global Fashion & Retail Group
Senior Software Engineer
2019 – 2024

Backend engineer on the digital retail platform. Built event-driven distributed systems on Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ and Azure Service Bus, and secure REST APIs in .NET with CQRS and Minimal APIs. Led backend integrations with Salesforce Commerce Cloud, SAP and Microsoft Dynamics 365. Security with OAuth 2.0 / OIDC / JWT and Azure Key Vault; end-to-end observability with OpenTelemetry and Elastic.

C#/.NETKafkaAzure Service BusRabbitMQSFCCSAPDynamics 365CosmosDB
Global Fashion & Retail Group
Scrum Master
2021 – 2023

Held alongside the Senior Software Engineer role. Facilitated the full set of Scrum events, removed impediments across team and organisational boundaries, and coached engineers, Product Owners and stakeholders on predictability and flow. Earned PSM I in this period.

ScrumAgile CoachingPSMSprint Planning
Global Fashion & Retail Group
Full Stack Engineer
2017 – 2019

Built internal digital workplace tools for employees across the group — C#, .NET Core and REST APIs on the backend, React and TypeScript on the frontend — and extended the corporate SharePoint intranet on Azure and Microsoft 365. Worked between the Lisbon team and headquarters in Germany.

.NET CoreReactTypeScriptSharePointEntity FrameworkMongoDB
Create IT
Senior SharePoint Specialist · Office 365
2016 – 2017

Delivered SharePoint Online and Microsoft 365 solutions from build through adoption — custom SPFx and PowerShell development, Power Platform integrations, environment governance and end-user training.

SharePoint OnlineMicrosoft 365SPFxPower AutomatePowerShell
Closer Consulting
SharePoint Tech Lead & .NET Developer
2014 – 2016

Embedded in a major Portuguese bank, architecting enterprise SharePoint and .NET solutions for 4,000+ internal users, in partnership with Accenture — including a portal deployed at national scale. Led a team of 4 developers.

SharePoint.NETC#JavaScriptSQL Server
Capgemini
IT Consultant
2012 – 2014

Microsoft-focused consultant delivering SharePoint, Dynamics CRM and BizTalk solutions across client industries — from pre-sales and technical proposals through deployment, integration and training.

SharePointDynamics CRMBizTalk.NETC#
Technical stack

Tools I trust in production.

⚙️
Backend & APIs
.NET / C#95%
REST APIs92%
Event-Driven (Kafka/RabbitMQ)85%
SQL Server / CosmosDB88%
☁️
Cloud & DevOps
Microsoft Azure90%
Azure DevOps / CI-CD87%
OpenTelemetry / Elastic78%
Auth0 / OAuth2 / JWT82%
🖥️
Frontend
React / TypeScript85%
JavaScript / HTML5 / CSS388%
Bootstrap / Material UI80%
SharePoint / Power Apps90%
🎯
Leadership & Product
Technical Leadership92%
Agile / Scrum / Kanban90%
Product Ownership82%
Team Mentoring88%
🤖
AI & Tooling
GitHub Copilot90%
AI-Driven Development78%
Claude / GPT APIs72%
Prompt Engineering75%
🗄️
Enterprise & Integrations
SharePoint / Office 36593%
CRM Dynamics75%
SAP / ERP Integrations70%
Swagger / OpenAPI88%
Credentials

Certified. Committed. Continuous.

🐙
Career Essentials in GitHub Copilot Professional Certificate GitHub · Sep 2025 · Code Refactoring, Version Control
2025
🎯
Professional Scrum Product Owner™ I (PSPO I) Scrum.org · Mar 2025 · ID 1195516
2025
🛡️
Microsoft Security Essentials Professional Certificate Microsoft & LinkedIn · Feb 2025 · Microsoft Security, Cloud Security
2025
🏃
Professional Scrum Master™ I (PSM I) Scrum.org · Feb 2022 · ID 756400 · Scrum, Metodologias Agile
2022
Education

Built on strong foundations.

2023 – 2024
Post Graduate (PgC)
Project Management
UE Universidade Europeia
2011 – 2013
Post Graduate (PgC)
Telecommunications Engineering and Computer Science
ISCTE Instituto Universitário de Lisboa
2007 – 2011
Bachelor of Science (BSc)
Computer Science Engineering
UAL Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa
Selected work

Platforms built to last.

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Global Retail Group · Commerce Platform

Scalable event-driven microservice architecture powering global e-commerce. Azure-native with Kafka for real-time order streaming, OpenTelemetry observability, and self-healing deployment pipelines.

.NET 9 Azure Service Bus Kafka CosmosDB Docker
🏦
National Bank · SharePoint Enterprise Portal

Enterprise SharePoint platform for a major Portuguese bank — deployed at national scale, serving 4,000+ internal users across multiple departments. Designed with security, compliance, and UX at the core.

SharePoint 2013 ASP.NET JavaScript SQL Server
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Internal Dev Tooling · AI Accelerator

Internal platform leveraging GitHub Copilot and AI agents to accelerate engineering delivery. Reduced boilerplate time by 40%, improved PR quality scores and documentation coverage across the squad.

GitHub Copilot Azure OpenAI C# React
🔗
CRM Dynamics · Custom Integration Layer

Custom CRM Dynamics plugins extending Dynamics functionality with workflow automation, integrated forms with REST APIs, and complex field validation — eliminating manual processes for 200+ employees.

CRM Dynamics REST APIs PowerShell .NET
Open source & apps

Software I ship myself.

Apps I design, build and maintain on my own time. Open source projects are free to use, inspect and fork; licensed apps are commercial products.

Open source

Open source · GPL-3.0 v0.1 · early

SpeechDesk

Voice dictation for Windows, 100% local and free. Hold a key, speak, and the text is typed wherever the cursor is — in any app. Runs NVIDIA Parakeet TDT 0.6B v3 locally via sherpa-onnx (25 European languages, including English and Portuguese), with optional local AI clean-up (Qwen 2.5 via llama.cpp) and Portuguese→English translation. No audio leaves the machine.

.NET 8 WPF C# sherpa-onnx llama.cpp
Project page Code
Open source · MIT

G-FinanceSuite

Browser-based duplicate detection and financial reconciliation for Excel, CSV and JSON files. Dashboards, filters and multi-format export, built to handle 340k+ records.

Browser-based Excel CSV JSON
Live app Code

Licensed

Coming soon

Commercial apps are in the works. Tools with a paid licence will be listed here once they are ready.

Mindset

How I think about engineering.

01
Architecture is communication

Great code is not just correct — it's readable, maintainable, and explains intent to the next engineer. Every design decision is a message to the future.

02
Teams multiply output

The best tech lead I can be is one who makes the team 10x better, not one who writes 10x more code. Mentoring, clarity, and psychological safety are engineering tools.

03
Ship, then perfect

Sustainable impact comes from iterating in production. Done and deployed beats perfect and pending. We build feedback loops into everything we deliver.

04
Product and tech are one

Engineers who understand the business make better decisions. I invest in understanding user needs, business constraints, and strategic goals — not just the stack.

05
AI as leverage, not replacement

AI tools like Copilot multiply a skilled engineer's impact. The future belongs to engineers who know how to pair with AI systems without outsourcing their judgment.

06
Continuous curiosity

Cinema teaches narrative. BMW teaches precision engineering. Family teaches perspective. The best engineers I know are curious about everything — not just code.

Let's connect

Open to great conversations.

Whether you're hiring, building something ambitious, or want to exchange ideas on engineering and product — I'd love to hear from you.

fmrgcarvalho@gmail.com
LinkedIn GitHub Email

Based in Lisbon, Portugal · Available for remote & hybrid engagements