About
Ricardo Figueiredo
Software Engineer | Software Architect | Solutions Architect
Aveiro, Portugal
“If I had six hours to chop down a tree, I’d spend the first four hours sharpening the axe.” — Abraham Lincoln
Focus on business logic and team management, with a long-standing love for Agile ways of working. A team member who enjoys helping others achieve more and better.
Professional experience dedicated mostly to Microsoft technologies across all platforms, always trying to stay on the edge of what's possible.
Have approached several business areas including ERP, CRM, MES, RFID, B2B, B2C and eHealth, among others — 15+ years turning real business problems into working software.
Top skills
Technologies
Experience
Solution Architect · Bosch Home Comfort Group
Nov 2022 – PresentAveiro, Portugal · Hybrid
Senior Software Engineer · Critical Manufacturing
Jan 2020 – Nov 2022Maia, Porto, Portugal · Hybrid
Head of Development · Oficinaware, Lda
Jul 2015 – Dec 2020S. João da Madeira, Portugal
Led internal development, converting a previous Access/VBA/SQL application into a commercial ERP targeting the shoe industry (Wingiic 4.0). Built an internal WPF/MVVM framework on Clean Architecture, with Dapper for data access and a database-first approach. Also delivered a custom CRM (Webgiic, WPF-based), B2B satellite applications in Angular, and Windows scheduling services. Took part in consulting engagements and in hiring/onboarding new team members.
Consultant · Independent / Freelance
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016Aveiro, Portugal
Helped companies implement new management standards and adopt new technologies.
Team Leader & Head Architect · BosenetHS Portugal
Sep 2014 – Jul 2015Porto e Região, Portugal
Coordinated a small, distributed, cross-timezone team as ScrumMaster and project lead. Main architect for a cloud-based solution (Azure) integrating third-party systems (Mirth, openEMPI) for an eHealth / HIE-compliant project focused on HL7 and FHIR data collection.
Chief Technology Officer (CTO) · PLM
Mar 2013 – Sep 2014Aveiro Area, Portugal
Technical Manager, Product Manager, Solutions Architect, Team Leader, Mentoring, Developer.
Software Engineer · 2Soft, Lda
Aug 2009 – Feb 2013Aveiro, Portugal
Conception and development of web, mobile and desktop client/server applications using ASP.NET, MVC.NET, jQuery, Silverlight, WPF, PRISM, IoC, NHibernate/Entity Framework, WCF and web services.
Analyst/Developer · Maisis - Information Systems, Lda.
Jan 2009 – May 2009Portugal
Development for the Primavera WebCentral DMS module, integrating WSS 3.0 with WebCentral as an ASP.NET component.
Developer · XPath - Consultoria em Sistemas de Informação, S.A.
Aug 2008 – Dec 2008Portugal
Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 implementation (PLURICOM): migrated and adapted data from a legacy application, plus Virtual Earth geo-referencing.
Education
Universidade do Minho
Master (frequency), Systems Engineering
2009 – 2012
Universidade do Minho
5-year Degree, Computer Science and Systems Engineering
1998 – 2007
Escola Secundária José Estêvão
Technician, Computer Science
1996 – 1997