Summary
Diogo Capela is a Senior Frontend Consultant based in Porto with 11 years of experience crafting user-focused web and mobile applications. He combines a strong frontend toolkit—React, React Native, Next.js, TypeScript—with backend familiarity in Node.js, GraphQL and databases like PostgreSQL and MongoDB to ship end-to-end products. Beyond engineering, he brings product management and project leadership experience as a current Project Manager at Zona Digital, enabling pragmatic decisions that balance UX, performance and delivery. His academic background spans medical sciences and software engineering, a rare mix that sharpens his attention to detail and user-centered thinking. Known for building web applications and delivering polished digital experiences, he thrives at the intersection of code, product and user empathy.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master's Degree (Incomplete), Medicine, Master's Degree (Incomplete), Medicine at ICBAS- Abel Salazar Institute of Biomedical Sciences
Erasmus Programme, Medicine, Erasmus Programme, Medicine at Medical University of Silesia
IFMSA Research Exchange, Genetics, IFMSA Research Exchange, Genetics at Lithuanian University of Health Sciences
Erasmus Programme, Medicine, Erasmus Programme, Medicine at Medical University of Lublin
IFMSA Research Exchange, Ophthalmology, IFMSA Research Exchange, Ophthalmology at Univerzitet 'Sv. Kiril i Metódij' vo Skopje
Master's Degree, Artificial Intelligence, Master's Degree, Artificial Intelligence at Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto
Freemover Programme, Medicine, Freemover Programme, Medicine at Universidade do Vale do Itajaí
IFMSA Research Exchange, Cardiology, IFMSA Research Exchange, Cardiology at MEDICAL UNIVERSITY - SOFIA
Portuguese, Spanish, English