Vasco Kaufmann Figueiredo
Co-Founder @UpSpeech | Full-Stack Engineer @Pixelmatters
Summary
I'm a Web Developer based in Lisbon, Portugal. My interests include watching and playing basketball, reading and watching TV - series, movies or documentaries. Beginner 3D printing enthusiast. I'm very passionate about learning, developing and working in cohesive, friendly teams, and am always looking for new ways of simplifying or automating any processes that are monotonous or tedious.
Professional Experience
Co-Founder
UpSpeechCo-founded a speech therapy SaaS platform for speech-language pathologists. Built the full platform from scratch — a multi-tenant application with session management, clinical report generation, patient progress tracking, and deployment infrastructure. Responsible for architecture, product direction, and full-stack development across Rails and React.
Full-Stack Engineer
PixelmattersFull-stack engineer at a digital product studio partnering with ambitious tech companies. Currently building features for UJET.cx, an AI-powered cloud contact center platform, using Ruby on Rails and Angular.
Ruby on Rails Developer
MedihiveWorked mostly with Ruby on Rails in a cross-functional team focused on delivering the best possible product to clients. Built internal tools, admin and doctor panels, and client-facing features. Gradually increased responsibilities, owning and developing features end-to-end.
Ruby on Rails Developer
BitZestyAs a Full-Stack Software Developer at BitZesty, I've had the opportunity to work fully remotely in Ruby on Rails on a cross-functional team. Here I worked on several projects with different ruby and rails versions, trying to find the best budget conscious solution for clients.
Full-stack Developer
Landing.jobsAt Landing.Jobs, I worked my way up from Junior to Mid-Level Software Developer in under a year. I had the opportunity to work with Ruby on Rails, React, Typescript, GraphQL and CSS. This was my first developing job and I was able to apply my skills in a real-world setting, contributing to the company's success.
Technology Trainee
Accenture PortugalAt Accenture, I mainly worked with VBA and a Customer Care & Billing software, in Java. It was my first experience with any of these languages, which I acquired reasonably quickly at a basic level.
Junior Consultant
WeDo TechnologiesDuring my tenure at WeDo Technologies (now Mobileum), I worked with their proprietary software 'RAID'. This is a logic based development software. I had the chance to work in a very small team and work a bit with unix, VMs and JavaScript.
Featured Projects
Multi-tenant 'Shopify for real estate agents' that lets agencies launch branded websites instantly, with a unified admin for listings, blog posts, testimonials, and newsletters. Each agent gets a white-label domain. Built on a Rails API with multiple React + TypeScript frontends — customer site, admin dashboard, and marketing landing.
UpSpeech
Multi-tenant SaaS platform built for speech-language pathologists running stuttering therapy, covering session management, patient progress tracking, and clinician-parent collaboration. Built end-to-end with a Rails 8 API and a React + TypeScript frontend; currently extending it with a React Native companion for clinicians and patients.
Therapy Resources
Tool for therapists and psychologists to create custom consultation games and printable resources. Features a Konva-based canvas editor, AI-generated illustrations via Gemini matched to each therapist's visual style, PDF export for print-ready outputs, QR codes for digital/physical crossovers, and multilingual support. Built with Next.js, TypeScript, and Convex.
Full-stack basketball statistics platform with live game scoring, visual shot charts with heatmaps and zone analysis, player comparisons with radar charts, and automatic standings. Built as a Turborepo monorepo with a React web app and a React Native mobile app (iOS/Android) on a Convex serverless backend for real-time updates.
Cross-platform desktop app (Windows, macOS, Linux) built for basketball coaches to cut plays from game footage, organize clips into hierarchical categories, and save reusable presets across projects. Features time-based search, automatic clip organization, and export for sharing with teams. Built with Electron, React, TypeScript, and FFmpeg — released as open source.
Delivered Photos
Multi-tenant client proofing and delivery platform for photographers — fast, beautiful galleries where clients select favorites, download high-res files, and order prints. Built as a pnpm monorepo with a Convex backend and two React + Vite apps (photographer dashboard + client gallery) sharing auth and schema, with S3 for storage and Dodo Payments for orders.
Technical Skills
Education
University of Exeter
Electrical and Electronical Engineering - Bachelors of Engineering
LeWagon
Coding Bootcamp