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xhico/README.md

Hey, I'm Francisco 👋

Senior Backend Engineer · Python · Distributed Systems · Data Engineering · APIs

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🧭 About me

I'm a Python backend engineer with 10+ years of programming experience and 5+ years building production-grade backend platforms — all in fully remote environments. I lead re-architectures, design data pipelines, and own production infrastructure end-to-end — from architecture decisions to 2 a.m. pager rotations.

  • 🛠️ Currently building backend services for a digital supply chain traceability platform (FastAPI, async Python, MongoDB, GCP)
  • ⚡ Previously scaled crawling and data-processing platforms from 100K → 100M+ requests
  • 🌍 Based in Caldas da Rainha, Portugal · WET/WEST (UTC±0/+1)
  • 💼 Open to remote roles across Europe, the UK, and the US — full-time or B2B
  • 🛡️ Focus on scalability, reliability, automation, and high-volume data processing
  • 🗣️ Languages: Portuguese (native) · English (C2)
  • 📬 Best way to reach me: xhico.github.io or francgf@gmail.com

🛠️ Stack

Backend & Data

PythonCeleryRedisPostgreSQLMongoDBElasticsearchFastAPIFlaskDjango

Infrastructure & DevOps

DockerGoogle CloudKubernetesLinuxBashGitGitHub Actions

Web

JavaScriptNode.jsHTML5CSS3

Tooling

Claude CodePyCharmJetBrains

“Comfortable owning systems end-to-end — from architecture to deployment, monitoring, and production troubleshooting.”

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