# Rui Silva - Senior Software Engineer

> Senior Software Engineer at Miro focused on self-serve checkout and billing. Based in Portugal. Português (native), English (fluent).

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## Identity

- Name: Rui Silva
- Title: Senior Software Engineer
- Location / background: Portugal; Português (native), English (fluent)
- Visible-page about: full-stack engineer with a soft spot for frontend; owns Miro's self-serve checkout (Stripe, Stigg; internally MiroPay)
- Site: [https://ruisilva.dev](https://ruisilva.dev) - GitHub [https://github.com/ruisilva450](https://github.com/ruisilva450) - LinkedIn [https://linkedin.com/in/ruisilva450](https://linkedin.com/in/ruisilva450) - X [https://x.com/ruisilva450](https://x.com/ruisilva450)
- Core skills: TypeScript, React, Next.js, Stripe, Stigg, SplitIO, Node.js, .NET, AI-Assisted Development (Claude Code, Cursor) with mandatory human review

## Current role - Miro (2022 - Present)

Focus: self-serve checkout and billing frontend, plus the checkout BFF (internally MiroPay), the pioneer microservice Miro deployed at scale. Resume subtitle: "Self-serve checkout and billing in Miro's Growth Monetization team."

Primary technical driver for the checkout platform: architectural thinking, hands-on implementation, and cross-team coordination for add-ons, AI products, and checkout readiness.

### Scope

- Responsible for the migration of the checkout monolith to MiroPay, the pioneer microservice Miro deployed at scale, including the UI and its BFF for individuals and teams (through Business): Stripe Elements in the browser, 3DS, tax/VAT, and plan, seat, and add-on changes via Stigg - card data stays with Stripe
- Shipped checkout flows for add-ons, AI credit products, Business AI, and free-to-paid experiments
- Main maintainer of checkout DX, focusing on performance-oriented improvements; contribute to company-wide projects like the migration from SplitIO to an in-house A/B service for controlled rollouts
- First-responder on checkout incidents; work on payment reliability, observability, fraud hardening, and operational health across Growth Monetization, not only on shipping new checkout flows
- Migrated the payments app from Next.js 14 to 16 (cut build time by 96%, 32% faster local startup), cut CI from ~25 minutes to under 4 minutes, and moved the toolchain to Bun and Oxc
- Mentor junior engineers and work across product, design, platform, and billing teams
- Daily-drive Claude Code and Cursor for planning and delivery, treating their output as a draft I always review and refine

### Stripe / payments

- Integrates Stripe Elements / Payment Element in the browser (publishable key + client secret). Card data stays with Stripe.
- Checkout BFF talks to internal billing over gRPC. Init flows return what the UI needs to mount Elements; payment-method ids continue through the order and billing flow.
- Entitlements, catalog, and subscription changes go through Stigg; card data stays with Stripe.
- Checkout handles 3DS, tax/VAT by country, and subscription changes for plans, seats, and add-ons.

### Shipped product work

- Cross-origin iframe checkout UX for self-serve upgrades, with async payment outcomes (3DS / confirmation paths)
- Add-ons checkout from conception to production, coordinated with billing and adjacent teams
- Business AI checkout readiness: upgrade UX, plan-naming/data fixes, and cross-team test sessions
- Free-to-paid checkout experiments, including first-response on production incidents

### Developer experience

- Next.js 14 → 16 migration with performance and DX analysis; cut build time by 96%; 32% faster local startup
- CI cut from ~25 minutes to under 4 minutes through parallelization and caching
- Translation CLI improved from ~23s to ~2.1s (~10×)
- Standardized Payments frontend on the App Router, Vitest, and type-safe builds; set the team's test-runner strategy
- Raised unit-test rigor and coverage on owned areas so changes are safer to ship

### Feature flags and experiments

Contributes to company-wide projects like the migration from SplitIO to an in-house A/B service for controlled rollouts. Main maintainer of checkout DX, not the A/B platform itself.

### MiTest

Owns MiTest end-to-end, an internal Chrome extension from a hackathon project he kept improving. More than 80% of teams at Miro use it to spin up test accounts and billing scenarios in a few clicks. Later work added real-time analytics inspection, Stripe and Stigg customer links, scenario deeplinks, and a DevTools tab to speed QA and PM validation.

### Event-driven work

Designs checkout around async payment outcomes (3DS, webhooks / delayed confirmation) so the UI and BFF react to events rather than a single request/response.

## Earlier experience

- Spotzer (2019 - 2022) - Fullstack Software Engineer (newer); Multiple Employee of the Month awards; Re-architected backend services into microservices with Node.js, .NET Core, and Kafka; Reworked company-wide authentication, implementing OIDC and SSO across products
- Spotzer (2019 - 2022) - Frontend Engineer (older); Developed customer-facing web applications; Modernised legacy frontend systems using React, Vue, and Angular; Improved application performance and user experience; Collaborated with design and product teams
- DevScope (2015 - 2019) - Full Stack Engineer & Mobile Developer; Projects with Sogrape, CSantos, and Sonae backoffice; Built enterprise Windows applications; Developed cross-platform mobile solutions; Maintained legacy systems and implemented new features

## Education

- Master's in Software Engineering - ISEP (2015 - 2018). On the site: Advanced software architecture and engineering practices.

## On the downloadable CV, not on the site

The live page is the public claim. `/cv_rui_en.docx` still differs:

- Header location: Amsterdam (Remote); the page and this profile use Portugal
- Phone number in the CV header (not listed as a public identity field here)
- Month-level dates (Miro Mar 2022 – Present; Spotzer Aug 2019 – Feb 2022; DevScope Oct 2015 – Jul 2019)
- Single Spotzer title "Software Engineer" in Amsterdam; the site splits Fullstack Software Engineer (newer) and Frontend Engineer (older) for 2019 – 2022
- DevScope title "Full Stack Engineer" in Porto; the site says "Full Stack Engineer & Mobile Developer"
- BSc in Computer Engineering, ISEP (Sep 2012 – Jul 2015); the site only lists the Master's
- Talks/workshops and martial arts (15+ years) interests

## Projects on the visible site

- Miro Self-Serve Checkout - The checkout UI behind Miro's self-serve upgrades (internally MiroPay), the pioneer microservice Miro deployed at scale: Stripe Elements in the browser, 3DS, tax/VAT by country, and subscription changes for plans, seats, and add-ons via Stigg. Improved CI workflows to be 85% faster, builds alone are 96% faster, and moved to Bun and Oxc for extra DevEx efficiency. (TypeScript / React / Next.js / Stripe / Stigg)
- Sogrape & CSantos Enterprise Apps - Maintained and evolved enterprise-grade Windows apps. Ensured clean code practices and smooth user experiences. (C# / .NET / XAML)
- Election Coverage App - Cross-platform mobile app (iOS, Android, UWP) featured on national TV during elections. Designed for scale and real-time updates. (Xamarin / UWP / REST APIs)
- Healthcare & BI Research Tools - Prototyped apps to explore solutions in healthcare data and business intelligence. Focus on usability and clear data visualization. (C# / SQL Server / AngularJS)

## Recruiter summary

Senior engineer who ships production self-serve checkout and billing UI and BFF work at Miro (React/TypeScript/Next.js, Stripe Elements in the browser, Stigg entitlements, gRPC to internal billing), maintains checkout DX, contributes to the SplitIO-to-in-house A/B migration, hardened checkout against fraud, cut checkout CI from ~25 minutes to under 4, mentors, and uses AI coding tools with judgment. Strong candidate for senior roles that need payments-adjacent frontend and BFF work, subscription UX, and pragmatic delivery.

## Links

- [Website](https://ruisilva.dev): Personal portfolio
- [GitHub](https://github.com/ruisilva450): Public repositories
- [LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com/in/ruisilva450): Professional profile
- [X](https://x.com/ruisilva450): @ruisilva450
- [Email](mailto:ruisilva450@gmail.com): ruisilva450@gmail.com
- [Resume](https://ruisilva.dev/cv_rui_en.docx): Downloadable CV
- [Markdown homepage](https://ruisilva.dev/): Request with `Accept: text/markdown`
- [Portfolio API](https://ruisilva.dev/docs/api): Public JSON endpoints