Hi I'm Tiago.
I work as a Full-Stack Developer, where I build web and mobile applications.
I studied at the University of Rochester where I earned a B.S. in Computer Science.
Outside of work I enjoy board games, cooking new recipes, and developing video games.
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What I Build With
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Backend
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Where I've Worked
Full Stack Developer
2025 - Present
Smart Software Solutions
- Security & Authentication: Expanded a cross-platform .NET RESTful API to support secure JWT authentication using a refresh token system for a mobile application while maintaining the existing cookie-based sessions for the web platform.
- Database & Backend: Modernized database transaction handling by introducing rollback/commit patterns and structured error handling, significantly improving data reliability and integrity.
- Mobile Development: Enhanced a mobile application by implementing Angular route guards for secure client-side navigation. Switched from template-driven to reactive forms for consistent validation and error handling.
- Feature Integration: Integrated a Cordova biometrics plugin to enable seamless Face ID and fingerprint authentication on iOS and Android. Also, integrated Tesseract OCR to extract and auto-fill passport data with >90% parsing accuracy.
- Front-end Architecture: Transformed Figma designs into interactive and responsive front-end views, using modern CSS/SCSS to achieve fluid UI across multiple screen sizes on both web and mobile.
Computer Science Teaching Assistant
2023 - 2024
University of Rochester
- Spearheaded weekly technical labs for 150+ students in core Data Structures & Algorithms topics.
- Guided students through problem-solving, debugging, and code architecture during study sessions.
Computer Science Workshop Leader
2022 - 2023
University of Rochester
- Led weekly workshops for groups of 10+ students on data structures and algorithm topics.
- Participated in weekly leadership class focused on team work and communication.