João Oliveira

AI Investment Advisor (Master's Thesis, still in progress)

LLM-powered investment advisor that profiles users based on risk tolerance.

• Utilizes NLP to analyze user risk tolerance and investment preferences.
• Generates personalized investment recommendations based on user profiles.

Crypto Trend Predictor

Technology analyzing TikTok trends to spot potential meme coins.

• Utilizes Solana blockchain for real-time data analysis.
• AI-driven analytics for predicting future trends.

Home Server

My home server is running Ubuntu Server and hosts multiple self-hosted services for networking, media, and AI-related applications.

• Network and server setup fully containerized using Docker.
• Self-hosted DNS, multimedia, and automation services.
• Utilizing Cloudflare for enhanced security and DDoS protection.

University Projects

Can be found on my GitHub profile

Software Engineer - GMFLOW (freelancing)

Nov 2025 - Present

• Developed and maintained backend services.
• Implemented new features and improved existing codebase.
• API monitoring and alerting system.

Junior API Engineer - Elsa Speak

Apr 2025 - Jul 2025

• Designed and maintained global API services on Kubernetes.
• Automated the billing workflow, reducing manual effort by 90%.
• Delivered a standalone install of company services, enabling new enterprise clients.
• Optimized logging pipelines, cutting log volume and infra costs.
• Built integration tests improving deployment reliability.

Lead Blockchain Developer - Self-Employed

Dec 2024 - Jul 2025

• Leading technical aspects of a project analyzing TikTok trends for Solana meme coins.
• Back-end API development with Java Spring and blockchain integration.
• Cloud infrastructure management (Azure, Docker, Linux).
• Implementation of scrapers, proxies, and WebSocket systems.
• Technical research and Cloudflare integration for security and performance.

AI Researcher - Elsa Speak

Mar 2023 - Jul 2023

• Researched & implemented a Text-to-Speech (TTS) model.
• Reduced company costs by allowing in-house TTS model training.