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Daniela Silva — Front-End Developer and Design Engineer

I build user-centered web experiences, bridging the gap between technology and the people using it.

ROLE
Front-End Developer · Design Engineer
BASED
Porto, Portugal
STATUS
Open to opportunities
STACK
Next.js · React · Vue · Laravel

Selected Work

2024

Twovest

UI/UX Design & Front-End Development

A second-hand fashion platform built to make sustainable consumption the obvious choice. Designed the full experience in Figma, then shipped the interface in Next.js with Supabase as the backbone. Won two awards for design and execution.

  • Academy Award · Media Play — University of Aveiro, 2024
  • Best Project 2023/2024 — Mindera × Master's Programme

stack

  • Next.js
  • Tailwind CSS
  • Redux Toolkit
  • Supabase
  • Figma
Visit site
twovest.com
Twovest project cover

The Story

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Bridging technology and user experience — creating digital solutions that feel as considered as they look.

Hi — I'm a junior full-stack developer with a strong front-end orientation. I build web experiences that pay attention to the person on the other side of the screen, and I lean on design literacy to do it well.

My academic background runs through audiovisual technology and web communication — so I came into code already thinking in compositions, hierarchies, and rhythm. My internships have stretched that into shipping real software in real teams.

  • Proactive
  • Empathic
  • Collaborative
  • Innovative
chronology

  1. Full-Stack Developer · Project Manager

    Dyn-Link · Aveiro, Portugal · 2025 - now · work

    • Designed and shipped Plan4Marketing — a multi-tenant SaaS with a drag-and-drop email builder, campaigns, and contacts, served by one component library across many client brands.
    • Led SEAC's migration to a component-first TypeScript architecture on the Front-End and shipped a Google Calendar integration.
    • Rescued a broken Stripe integration on Scopphu — production payments stabilised.
    • Stepped into Project Manager for the company's core software, running product workshops for international clients.

  2. Front-End Developer Internship

    Bliss Applications · Porto, Portugal · 2024 — 2025 · work

    • Shipped every block of the marketing site from Figma design to pixel-perfect production — Hero, Why Bliss, Where We've Been, Scandinavian office, Quotes, and Brands.
    • Rebuilt the project-card component pattern across the Projects pages for consistency and reuse.
    • Documented every implementation to keep the component library maintainable for the team.

  3. Research · Immersive Web

    Digital Media & Interaction Research Centre · Aveiro, Portugal · 2023 - 2024 · work

    • Pitched the immersive-web education concept to the research centre and set up the codebase.
    • Ran baseline user-research interviews and shaped the learning-experience blocks.
    • Designed and prototyped the immersive VR environment for the StudySphere platform. Presented at Students@DigiMedia#03.
    • Conducted manual VR usability testing across the experience.

  4. Master's, Web Communication & Technologies

    Universidade de Aveiro · Aveiro, Portugal · 2023 - 2025 · study

    • Focused on immersive environments, interaction design, and the human side of the web.
    • Where Twovest grew from a brief into an award-winning platform — 2× recognition for design and execution.
    • Trained the instincts that make me useful in the seam between design and code.

  5. Licentiate, Audiovisual & Communication Technology

    Escola Superior de Media Artes e Design · Vila do Conde, Portugal · 2020 - 2023 · study

    • Where the eye for composition started — design, video, photography, sound.
    • The foundation underneath every interface I build now: timing, hierarchy, rhythm.

Toolbox

Front-End

The layer where craft meets code — components, motion, and pixel-precise interfaces.

  • Next.js
  • React
  • TypeScript
  • JavaScript
  • Vue.js
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • Tailwind CSS
  • Sass
  • Framer Motion

Design & UX

Where thinking starts before code — research, prototypes, and the systems that hold a product together.

  • Figma
  • Design Systems
  • Component Libraries
  • User Research
  • Prototyping
  • Accessibility

Back-End & Tools

The scaffolding that makes shipping possible — APIs, data, deploys, and the environments in between.

  • PHP
  • Laravel
  • Supabase
  • MySQL
  • DBeaver
  • WordPress
  • Bedrock
  • Blade
  • Sage
  • Gutenberg
  • GitHub
  • Vercel
  • Docker
  • Azure DevOps

Languages

Communication is a craft too — for people and for machines.

  • PT
    Portuguese (Native)
  • EN
    English (Professional)
05Off Duty

What I do when I'm not coding.

The shorthand version of a longer truth: I'm more useful to a team when I'm a full person, not just a developer. Here's where the rest of me lives.

volunteering · a value, not a footnote

Food collection with the Food Bank Against Hunger — organising and gathering donations so neighbours don't go hungry.

Porto, Portugal

Daniela's photography portfolio cover — 'Hello, welcome to my corner of the world'
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Photography

visual practice · portfolio →

The eye I bring to interfaces comes from years behind a camera. Frames, light, the patience to wait for it.

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    Football

    4th national division

    Competing at the national level — where I learned that teams beat lone stars, every time.

  2. 03

    Padel

    weekly ritual

    The other racquet. Picked up between dev sprints — quick rallies, sharper reflexes.

  3. 04

    Music

    @danizmusic

    I sing. The other place I think about timing, tone, and what an audience actually needs to feel.

Get in Touch
Currently open to opportunities

Let's build something worth shipping.

Looking for a junior front-end developer or design engineer who cares about the craft? I'd love to hear about the role, the team, and what you're building!

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