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Joao Aires de Matos

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Head of Engineering & VP at Addy AI
📍 Portugal

Joao leads engineering at Addy AI, where he specializes in building generative AI products for the FinTech and SaaS sectors. With a foundation in full-stack development and a Masters degree, he turns complex processes into intuitive AI applications, previously co-founding an AI startup and consulting at Deloitte.

Beyond his core engineering role, Joao is a passionate educator, teaching advanced AI courses to programmers and Unreal Engine development to students. He also dedicates his time to analyzing and reviewing video games, demonstrating a deep interest in the gaming industrys creative and technical aspects.

Unique fact: For three consecutive years, Joao has served as a jury member for the "New Fnac Talents" award in the game development category.

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Experience
7 Years
Current Role
Head of Engineering & VP
Job Level
Senior
Location
Portugal
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Topics Joao cares about

AI in FinTech
As Head of Engineering at Addy AI, he is building an AI copilot to automate mortgage lending, aiming to reduce loan closing times by 90%.
Generative AI
He specializes in designing and shipping AI-powered applications using LLMs, RAG, LangChain, and AI agents, and also teaches these subjects.
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Career

Work history

4-2025
Head of Engineering & VP
Addy AI
1-2024 - 5-2025
Founding AI & Full-Stack Engineer
Addy AI
2-2024
Professor - Practical Artificial Intelligence Course for Programmers
Code for All_
3-2023 - 2-2024
Invited Professor - Unreal Engine and C++
ETIC_Algarve
2-2022 - 12-2023
Co-Founder & Founding Full-Stack Engineer & Gen. AI Engineer
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Education
2013 - 2018
Master's degree
Universidade de Aveiro
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