Heya 👋

My name is Cristiano and I’m a full-stack software developer.

I build and ship web applications end to end — from programming through to deployment — and I’ve taken a few products from an empty repo to running in production, on my own and alongside a team.

I work mostly in Ruby on Rails and Laravel, with TypeScript and JavaScript on the front end, though I’ve worked across plenty of other tools as projects have called for them.

A few of the places I’ve worked include Nomensa, Simpleweb and CookiesHQ, and most recently Contactzilla, where I worked across large portions of a large-scale contact management platform. Alongside agency work, I’ve also taken on a range of projects directly as a contractor.

How I work

On a project, I do my best to help the team reach what they set out to build. Every project has constraints, and the goal is to do quality work within them.

I also try to work myself out of being needed. If a project reaches a point where I’m no longer needed, then it’s done and I’ve helped — the team is free to carry on independently, and I’m always happy to help if I’m needed again.

I’m comfortable fitting into an existing team and process, or working on my own — scoping and planning the work and making progress on it — whichever suits the project.

I also build systems-level tools from the ground up.

Please feel free to get in touch about a project or role at hello@csalmeida.com.

No recruitment agencies please. I appreciate you reaching out, but the recruiting messages I get are usually for roles outside my skill set, where I wouldn’t be able to help. I hope it’s okay if I reach out to you instead — thanks a lot!