Daniel Gimenes
Software Engineer at Newfront
São Paulo, Brazil
Summary
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Top SchoolDaniel Gimenes is a seasoned software engineer based in São Paulo with 13 years of professional experience and a 16-year history building software, now focused on tooling that accelerates software creation. He blends backend craftsmanship—demonstrated by meaningful contributions to the Zend Framework authentication and input-filter systems—with modern full-stack and AI-focused work using TypeScript, Next.js, Bun, and React Server Components. His recent freelance practice married research and hands-on delivery across autonomous AI agents, Alexa skills, DAO tooling, and security audits, showing a strong mix of experimentation and productionization. At BanklessDAO and UPX he engineered high-concurrency, fault-tolerant systems for realtime blockchain processing and network security products, respectively, evidencing expertise in scale and resilience. Known for shipping pragmatic solutions—from NFT trading platforms to e-commerce integrations—he also brings experience auditing and hardening systems, an uncommon combination of creative AI research and security-minded engineering.
13 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Information Systems, Bachelor's degree, Information Systems at Centro Universitário Salesiano de São Paulo
English, Portuguese
Stackoverflow
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34kreached
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Github Skills (12)
unit-testing10
user-authentication10
php10
authentication10
zend-framework10
interface-design9
findby6
json6
dql6
doctrine-orm6
twig6
mysql6
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
zendframework/zendframework
Mar 2014 - Mar 2014
Official Zend Framework repository
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:5 commits, 1 PR, 12 comments in 24 days
Contributions summary:Daniel's contributions primarily centered on enhancing the Zend Framework's authentication components. They introduced and refined interfaces such as `AuthenticationServiceInterface`, adding essential docblocks for clarity and functionality. Furthermore, the user implemented unit tests to improve code coverage and validated plugin functionality. The user also modified the `InputFilterPluginManager` to enable broader `InputInterface` retrieval, addressing identified issues within the repository.
zend-framework
zf-fr/zfr-command-bus
Jan 2016 - Nov 2017
Contributions:11 commits, 6 PRs, 5 pushes in 1 year 9 months
command-busbuscli
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