curriculum vitae
Daniela Silva.
Design Engineer · Front-End Developer
about
Front-End developer who thinks like a designer and edits like a filmmaker. My audiovisual background isn't a past life — it's how I reason about timing, rhythm, and hierarchy, the same instincts that make a scene land make a component land. I ship pixel-perfect, component-first UI in Next.js, React, and TypeScript, live in Figma, and care about the details a good interaction hides: motion timing, typographic detail, accessibility, state transitions. Happiest at the seam between design and code.
professional experience
Full-Stack Developer · Project Manager
08/2025 — now
Dynamikfloat | Dyn-Link
Aveiro, Portugal
- Contributed to multiple software development projects.
- Stepped into the role of Project Manager for the company's core software, leading delivery for international clients.
- Joined the support team and conducted workshops across all of the company's software products for international clients.
- Strengthened skills in Back-End development by working with Laravel (REST APIs, business logic, and database interactions) and used DBeaver to manage data.
- Worked with Vue.js on the Front-End to build and integrate components with Back-End services, gaining hands-on experience in full-stack workflows, best practices, and team-based development.
- Performed QA across selected projects, prepared technical and process documentation, and collaborated with the design team on small tasks such as newsletters and social media posts.
Front-End Developer Internship
12/2024 — 06/2025
Bliss Applications
Porto, Portugal
- Created the company website, which served as a foundation for the online presence and showcased the company's services effectively.
- Developed the website using WordPress, PHP, Sass, HTML and JavaScript, helping to meet diverse needs and improve their online visibility.
- Enhanced the user experience and functionality, leading to increased satisfaction and engagement.
- WordPress Headless
- PHP
- Blade
- Sass
- Bedrock
- Sage
- Gutenberg
- Figma
- GitHub
- Azure DevOps
Research in Immersive Web Environments
11/2023 — 07/2024
Digital Media and Interaction Research Centre
Aveiro, Portugal
- 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.
projects
Front-End Developer · UX/UI Designer
07/2024
Twovest
Aveiro, Portugal
- Ran UX interviews for the first prototype and translated the findings into a component-first design system for the platform.
- Designed and shipped the homepage slider, the Profile page, and the (front-end) Purchase Process — one of the primary user flows.
- Prototyped the backoffice (unlaunched), the delivery-point page, brand pages, and the look-submission flow.
- Built the MediaPlay Showcase landing page and a library of reusable, pixel-precise components.
- Implemented components as a Front-End developer and performed manual QA on live builds.
- Pitched the project to professors, the Mindera engineering team, and the Showcase audience — a full end-to-end product story from research to launch.
- Next.js
- Tailwind CSS
- Supabase
- Figma
- Vercel
- Docker
- GitHub
Front-End Developer · UX/UI Designer
12/2024
Gomes Rego & Associados Website
Porto, Portugal
- Designed and built a credibility-first professional site with a considered, clarity-driven information architecture.
- Implemented responsive, motion-rich UI with Framer Motion — pixel-perfect across every breakpoint.
- Delivered clear calls-to-action that translated into a measurable lift in client inquiries.
- Next.js
- React
- Framer Motion
- Tailwind CSS
Full-Stack Developer
08/2025
Dogwarts Website
Porto, Portugal
- Modern website for a canine-care service — built with a component-first architecture designed to scale to more service categories.
- Role-based UI (owners vs. providers) with Sanity CMS powering editorial content.
- Next.js
- TypeScript
- Tailwind CSS
- Sanity CMS
education
Master's, Web Communication & Technologies
Universidade de Aveiro
09/2023 — 12/2025
Licentiate, Audiovisual & Communication Technology
Escola Superior de Media Artes e Design
10/2020 — 07/2023
awards
Academy Award
University of Aveiro · 07/2024
For the Twovest Project, recognizing contributions to sustainable fashion technology.
Best Project 2023/2024
Mindera · 07/2024
For the Twovest Project, highlighting excellence in design and user experience.
skills
front-end
- Next.js
- React
- TypeScript
- JavaScript
- Vue.js
- HTML
- CSS
- Tailwind CSS
- Sass
- Framer Motion
design & UX
- Figma
- Design Systems
- Component Libraries
- User Research
- Prototyping
- Accessibility
back-end & tools
- PHP
- Laravel
- Supabase
- MySQL
- DBeaver
- WordPress
- Bedrock
- Blade
- Sage
- Gutenberg
- GitHub
- Vercel
- Docker
- Azure DevOps
languages
- Portuguese (Native)
- English (Professional)