Hi, I'm Adrian.

I build calm, reliable software that people actually enjoy using.

Senior engineer with a decade of shipping web platforms end to end — from the data model to the last pixel. I care about clarity, performance, and interfaces that stay out of the way.

Adrian Vale, Senior Software Engineer
10+Years shipping
40+Projects delivered
12Teams mentored
99.9%Uptime maintained

About

A senior engineer who sweats the details so users never have to.

I've spent the last ten years building products across fintech, health, and developer tooling — usually as the person who owns a feature from the first sketch to the graphs the morning after launch. I like being close to the problem and close to the people it affects.

My happiest work sits at the seam between design and engineering: turning a fuzzy idea into something that loads fast, reads clearly, and holds up under real traffic. I write tests I'd trust at 3am, document the decisions that mattered, and leave codebases calmer than I found them.

A bright, tidy desk with a laptop and notebook
Where the work happens — Lisbon, most mornings.

Skills

The tools I reach for.

A working set built over years, not a wishlist. These are the things I use well and often.

Languages

TypeScriptJavaScriptPythonGoSQL

Frontend

ReactNext.jsTailwindDesign systemsAccessibility

Backend

Node.jsPostgreSQLGraphQLREST APIsRedis

Platform

AWSDockerCI/CDObservabilityTerraform

Selected work

Projects I'm proud of.

Ledgerline

A double-entry accounting engine for small studios. I designed the data model and the reconciliation flow, cutting month-end close from two days to twenty minutes.

Next.jsPostgreSQLTypeScript

Northwind Health

A patient-facing scheduling app used by nine clinics. Built the availability engine and the accessible booking UI; it now handles 4,000 appointments a week without a hitch.

ReactGoAccessibility

Beacon CLI

An open-source tool that turns flaky CI logs into a single readable timeline. Started as a weekend fix for my own frustration; now 3k stars and a dozen contributors.

GoOpen sourceDX

Studio Workspace

A collaborative whiteboard for distributed design teams, rebuilt for speed. Rewrote the sync layer to CRDTs and brought p95 render latency under 40ms on 50-person boards.

TypeScriptWebSocketsPerformance

Experience

Where I've been.

2022 — Now

Staff Engineer · Meridian Labs

Lead the platform team behind a payments product handling millions in monthly volume. Set the technical direction, mentor five engineers, and still ship the hard bits myself.

2019 — 2022

Senior Software Engineer · Northwind Health

Owned the patient scheduling platform end to end. Rebuilt it for accessibility and scale, and grew the frontend guild from a habit into a practice.

2016 — 2019

Software Engineer · Fieldnote

Second engineer at an early-stage startup. Wore every hat — shipped the first web app, the mobile client, and the on-call rotation that kept them running.

2014 — 2016

Frontend Developer · Studio Cobalt

Built marketing sites and product prototypes for agency clients. Learned to make things fast, make them accessible, and make them on time.

Contact

Let's build something worth using.

I'm open to freelance projects, fractional engineering leadership, and the occasional interesting conversation. The fastest way to reach me is email.