{
  "name": "Daniel Antunes Rocha",
  "role": "Senior mobile engineer",
  "location": "Lisbon, Portugal",
  "linkedIn": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielantunesr/",
  "introduction": "I am Daniel, a software engineer based in Lisbon. I help founders make deliberate technical decisions and turn mobile prototypes into products that can be released and maintained.",
  "focus": [
    "React Native and Expo",
    "iOS and Android releases",
    "Firebase, authentication and APIs",
    "Push notifications and deep links",
    "Analytics and product measurement",
    "Architecture and code review"
  ],
  "timeline": [
    {
      "when": "2011",
      "title": "I started learning to program",
      "description": "I began studying programming before entering professional software teams."
    },
    {
      "when": "2013",
      "title": "Technical training in computing and web pages",
      "description": "I completed a technical computing course focused on building web pages."
    },
    {
      "when": "2015",
      "title": "First software for a campus service",
      "description": "I built a PHP application for a student and staff health-assessment workflow, connecting forms, data and practical decisions."
    },
    {
      "when": "2016–2019",
      "title": "Leading a junior software enterprise",
      "description": "As vice president and then CEO, I helped plan work, guide a team and deliver software for real needs."
    },
    {
      "when": "2017",
      "title": "Research administration software",
      "description": "I developed a system to manage research-project submissions for a Brazilian campus."
    },
    {
      "when": "2017",
      "title": "Hands-on computer support",
      "description": "A computer technician role added practical experience with the technology people use day to day."
    },
    {
      "when": "2018–2019",
      "title": "Software for education at scale",
      "description": "I contributed to a distance-learning module adapted for the needs of 11 campuses, using PHP, JavaScript, PostgreSQL and Git."
    },
    {
      "when": "2019–2020",
      "title": "First React Native product work",
      "description": "I began building mobile applications with React Native in sports and leisure, with later exposure to the commercial and marketing side of that business."
    },
    {
      "when": "2020–2021",
      "title": "Mobile releases in compliance software",
      "description": "At a Brazilian provider of sustainability and legal-compliance software used across industries, I handled iOS and Android store work alongside React, Node.js, CI and microservice integrations."
    },
    {
      "when": "2021–2022",
      "title": "Business software and complex interfaces",
      "description": "In a Brazilian engineering consultancy, I worked on a business-management platform and an application for exploring 3D point-cloud models, with TypeScript, React and Jest."
    },
    {
      "when": "2022–2024",
      "title": "Frontend product work in Portugal",
      "description": "At a European technology consultancy, I continued developing web applications as a contracted frontend engineer in Lisbon."
    },
    {
      "when": "2025–today",
      "title": "Mobile engineering in telecommunications",
      "description": "My principal role is mobile development for a large European telecommunications product. I offer selected independent work outside that role, with a defined scope and schedule."
    }
  ],
  "availability": "Selected independent projects outside a principal role, with scope and schedule agreed before work begins."
}