Professional Experience
- May. 2025 — Present
Product Owner
Platforms — Critical TechWorks
Own the roadmap and drive strategic alignment for a Platforms product supporting 20 million connected vehicles and 15 billion MQTT messages a day, working closely with the teams building the underlying CI/CD and backend infrastructure.
- Jul. 2024 — May 2025
Cybersecurity Engineer
Cryptography Services — Critical TechWorks
Built and maintained cryptography services on Quarkus and Java, supporting secure key management and data protection across internal platforms.
- Sep. 2024
Professional Scrum Product Owner II Certification
Scrum.org
Official Scrum.org certification on advanced product ownership and product strategy.
- Aug. 2024
Professional Scrum Product Owner I Certification
Scrum.org
Official Scrum.org certification on fundamental product ownership practices.
- Jun. 2023 — Jul. 2024
Security Operations Engineer
Internal Security Topics — Critical TechWorks
Tackled internal cybersecurity topics — coordinating teams around vulnerability management, implementing an external threat intel platform, and shaping the security awareness strategy at the corporate level.
- Aug. 2022 — Feb. 2023
Cybersecurity Engineer & Scrum Master
Detection as Code & CTI — Critical TechWorks
Two main focuses: Detection as Code, automating the handling and validation of Sigma rules before translation into Splunk queries; and Cyber Threat Intelligence, integrating proofs of concept across multiple tools to centralize sensitive information and streamline vulnerability management. Also supported the team and product owner as Scrum Master, alongside the technical work.
- Jan. 2020 — Aug. 2022
Cybersecurity Engineer & Scrum Master
Privileged Access Management — Critical TechWorks
Coordinated the implementation of the Scrum framework and worked closely on plugin development integrating different technologies into a PAM solution. Also took part in operations — incident management and server patching — and ramped up a team new to the company as a mentor and technical voice.
- Jan. 2020
CyberArk Administration Training
CyberArk
Official CyberArk training on administering their Privileged Access Management solution.
- Jan. 2020
CyberArk Installation Training
CyberArk
Official CyberArk training on installing their Privileged Access Management solution.
- Dec. 2019
Professional Scrum Master Certification
Scrum.org
- Sep. 2018 — Dec. 2019
Fullstack Developer
Critical TechWorks
Worked from the start of the project with Spring Boot and vanilla JavaScript, later moving the stack to JavaEE and AngularJS. Learned a great deal and grew backend development skills significantly.
- Nov. 2017 — Sep. 2018
Junior Fullstack Developer
Critical Software
First job in IT — learned new topics including artificial intelligence and Node.js while helping build an MVP, quickly contributing to technical decisions and team strategy.
- Sep. 2016 — Jun. 2017
Certified Java Programming Course
Grupo Rumos
- Sep. 2013 — Mar. 2015
Master's Degree in Sound Design
Universidade Católica Portuguesa
- Sep. 2010 — Jul. 2013
Bachelor's Degree in Artistic Studies
Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Coimbra