About & Experience
Michel Moraes
Senior Software Engineer | Full-Stack React, TypeScript, Next.js & Node.js | SaaS & Product Engineering
I’m a Senior Software Engineer with 15+ years of experience building web applications, enterprise platforms and digital products for international companies. My strongest expertise is in frontend engineering, particularly React, TypeScript, JavaScript and modern CSS, combined with full-stack experience using Next.js, Node.js, PHP and relational databases.
Michel Many is the commercial brand through which I provide software engineering services, mostly to agencies and product teams.
- Based in Madrid, Spain
- Spanish / EU citizen
- Eligible to work across the EU without sponsorship
- Experienced in international and distributed teams
- Creator of MadTicket
Experience
Nov 2023 - Present
Michel Many Limited
Senior Software Engineer / Independent Contractor
Madrid, Spain | Remote: UK, Europe & US
Senior engineering and technical consultancy through B2B engagements, delivering customer-facing applications and enterprise platforms.
Selected client engagements
Human Made
Senior Web Engineer, Feb 2026 - Present
Fueled
Senior Engineer, Web Applications, 2026
Medico Digital
Senior Frontend Engineer, 2025 - 2026
Own product
MadTicket
Creator & Full-Stack Engineer
Designed, built and launched a SaaS ticketing platform serving over 1,000 users, using Next.js, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Prisma and Stripe. More about MadTicket
Earlier professional experience
Nov 2021 - Nov 2023
Syde GmbH
Senior Fullstack Engineer
Germany | Remote
Built enterprise WordPress platforms for clients in finance, healthcare and education. Developed React / TypeScript Gutenberg blocks, namespaced PHP plugin architecture and service containers, enterprise API integrations and custom admin features. Contributed to PHPUnit / Playwright testing, CI/CD, architecture reviews and technical mentorship.
Dec 2020 - Dec 2021
TEAM LEWIS
Senior Frontend Engineer
Madrid, Spain | Hybrid
Built interactive digital experiences with Vue.js, Next.js, TypeScript and React, including real-time features and animation with Three.js and GSAP. Collaborated across teams on accessibility, performance and continuous delivery.
Jun 2019 - Dec 2020
Logic London
Lead Frontend Engineer
London, UK | Hybrid
Led technical planning and frontend delivery across multiple projects using Next.js, Vue.js and React. Integrated WordPress REST API, Contentful and Strapi through REST and GraphQL, built reusable frontend architecture and coordinated cross-functional teams and backend / DevOps integration.
Jul 2016 - Jun 2019
Simplicity Partners
Full Stack Web Developer
London, UK | Hybrid
Delivered applications and websites for finance, technology and consulting clients using PHP, Laravel, React and Vue.js. Built custom WordPress themes and plugins, modular Umbraco components, API integrations and database-backed features.
Jan 2010 - Jun 2016
NITDESIGN Creative Studio
Fullstack Web Developer
Niterói, Brazil | On-site
Led design and development of websites and systems for education, legal and local business clients. Built custom WordPress themes and plugins with object-oriented PHP, frontend interfaces with HTML, CSS, JavaScript and AngularJS, and MySQL-backed content platforms.
Technical skills
- Frontend
- React, TypeScript, JavaScript, Next.js, Astro, HTML, CSS / SCSS, Tailwind CSS
- Backend & Data
- Node.js, PHP, Laravel, REST APIs, GraphQL, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Prisma
- Enterprise & CMS
- WordPress, Gutenberg, WooCommerce, Headless CMS
- Engineering
- Git, Docker, AWS, GitHub Actions, CI/CD, Jest, Vitest, PHPUnit, Pest
Qualifications
Education
Bachelor’s Degree in Graphic Design
Estácio de Sá University, Brazil
Software Engineering & Development
INFNET Institute, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Languages
- Portuguese: Native
- English: Advanced
- Spanish: Advanced
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