About · Engineer · Architect · Indie Hacker
Hi, I'm Dino.
I work on the space between the problem and the implementation.
I've been in software for over ten years. I started as a mobile developer writing Flutter, became a full stack developer and tech lead at Muse Finance, and ended up designing the systems as much as building them.
Most technical problems aren't hard because the technology is hard. They're hard because the problem is unclear, the constraints are incomplete, or several reasonable solutions exist. That's the part I enjoy, and the discipline is solution architecture.
These days I'm also an indie hacker, building my own products. It keeps me honest: I have to live with my own decisions.
- Most recently
- Tech Lead, Muse Finance
- Started as
- Mobile developer (Flutter)
- Building
- TrueSignal and Asklet
- Founder of
- Agaya Cloud
- Based in
- Madeira, Portugal
- Works with
- UK and EU teams, remotely
Background
10+ years across software, architecture, data and systems, including five years primarily in fintech. My background is software engineering and technical leadership, and most of that time went into turning ambiguous requirements into practical technical solutions.
- working in software and technology
- 10+ years
- primarily in fintech
- 5 years
- across 3 companies
- 20+ projects
- users supported by systems worked on
- 10,000+
How I work
Discovery, requirements, architecture, automation, AI, and technical decisions aren't separate specialties to me. They're tools for the same job:
- 01
Understand the problem
Deeply, and in the words of the people who have it.
- 02
Challenge the assumptions
The first request is often a symptom.
- 03
Explore the options
Including buying, integrating, or not building at all.
- 04
Choose what makes sense
Often the simplest solution, not the cleverest.
What I care about
Good systems start with good understanding.
What actually needs solving, what should be built, how the pieces fit together, and knowing when the simplest solution beats the most sophisticated one. If you want to see what that turns into in practice, here are the ways to hire me.
Now
Founder, Agaya Cloud
Building TrueSignal, which pulls together the systems a company already has and flags problems before they escalate.
Builder, Asklet
A micro SaaS for feedback surveys tied to a specific page, changeable at any time without touching the site.
Exploring AI
What's worth building and automating, how much context systems need to be reliable, and how to decide well without all the information.
Let's talk
About a project, a contract, or something you're building. A few sentences is enough to start.
