Luís Fonseca
Staff Software Engineer at Depop
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolLuís Fonseca is a Staff Software Engineer based in London with 13 years of experience building and scaling consumer-facing platforms. He progressed through hands-on engineering roles at Pusher and Depop, moving from senior to staff level while focusing on reliable, real-time and high-throughput systems. At Depop he has driven cross-team technical initiatives since 2020, bringing product-facing engineering judgment together with mentorship and architectural direction. His background includes early-career backend work and a foundation in engineering from the University of Porto, giving him a practical, systems-first approach to design. Colleagues would describe him as a pragmatic problem-solver who balances delivery speed with maintainability and long-term technical health. He often operates at the intersection of product and platform, translating ambiguous requirements into robust, ship-ready solutions.
13 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto
Github Skills (130)
firmware10
http10
authentication10
lua10
eventmachine10
esp3210
php-library10
rest-api10
composer10
espressif10
push-notifications10
chatkit10
android-sdk10
pusher10
fcm-notifications10
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
luismfonseca/lgit
Apr 2015 - Apr 2022
Luís' Git
Contributions:8 commits, 4 PRs, 23 pushes in 7 years
pusher/googlemessaging
Aug 2017 - Feb 2019
GCM + FCM library for Go.
Contributions:2 PRs, 1 push, 2 branches in 1 year 6 months
golanggcmfcm
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