Where are you now?
Every month INESC TEC sends highly qualified individuals into the market. These individuals often then go on to occupy important positions in some of the best national and international companies or they opt to form spin-offs. As the best way to perform technology transfer is through individuals, this section is dedicated to collaborators that trained at INESC TEC and now star in other companies and institutions.
Filipe Freire, Blip.pt, TEST AUTOMATION ENGINEER
- Year when you began working at INESC TEC and when you left: 2015-2016
- Centre at INESC TEC where you worked: CSIG (Centre for Information Systems and Computer Graphics)
- Name of the project you were involved in: RAIA
Explain your experience since leaving INESC TEC
My experience has gone from testing microservices for warehousing software of a major African company, to being responsible for test automation and continuous integration and deployment pipelines of services for major betting companies that handle around 16 million messages per day.
In your opinion how did your time at INESC TEC help you in your new role?
I miss my CSIG colleagues and my work at CSIG dearly. INESC TEC, and specially CSIG, taught me about the importance of learning, of pushing the status-quo and that one’s craftsmanship allied with awesome teams is a recipe for happiness and personal success.
In your opinion, how has INESC TEC changed since you left?
INESC TEC had and has the potential to grow everyday, and I think now, more than ever before, it’s making itself be heard and known in style, and I think the value that is produced inside, both in projects and in people is more and more leaving it’s mark locally and internationally. It’s an example for many, even for the new and old corporate world.