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Henrique Dias

Henrique Dias

(he/him)

Software Engineer | Digital Identity | Open Source

Senior Software Engineer at Animo Solutions

Eindhoven, North Brabant, NL🇳🇱
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Software Engineer passionate about the web, user agency, identity, decentralization, and building impactful products and tools for both users and developers. I have experience in peer-to-peer and content-addressed networks, and now focus on enabling developers integrate decentralized identity wallets into their platforms. Always eager to learn and tackle new challenges.

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Career: 3

Senior Software Engineer

Animo Solutions

Jun 2025 - Present

• Integrating the latest verifiable credential standards in Credo’s TypeScript ecosystem of open source libraries, such as OpenID for Verifiable Credentials and W3C Verifiable Credentials. • Building digital identity and verifiable credential solutions, such as Paradym’s SaaS platform for credential issuance and verification; and Paradym Wallet for user-held credential storage.

TypeScriptDecentralized IdentityReact NativeOpen Source

Software Engineer

Ver.iD

Jun 2024 - May 2025

• Built a TypeScript platform allowing developers to request verifiable credentials from users across multiple identity wallets via a single integration using open standards, abstracting over both proprietary and open wallet APIs (OpenID for Verifiable Presentations, SD-JWT, mDoc).

GraphQLMicroservicesOAuthDecentralized Identity

Software Engineer

Protocol Labs

Nov 2017 - May 2024

• Led the development of new features for Kubo, the reference Go implementation of IPFS, a decentralized, P2P, and content-addressed network; and co-authored and maintained specialized services bridging HTTP and P2P systems. • Designed and implemented specifications for HTTP services in Go and TypeScript, alongside hundreds of implementation-agnostic conformance tests. • Led the development of IPFS Desktop (Electron, cross-platform) and revamped IPFS Web UI (React), enabling users to interact with their IPFS node through a graphical interface. • Co-authored Testground, a Go-based testing and simulation platform for P2P systems at scale, leading the JavaScript SDK and Go synchronization service development.

GoTypeScriptSystems DesignOpen Source

Skills: 9

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Decentralized IdentityGoGraphQLMicroservicesOAuthReact NativeSystems DesignTypeScript

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Open Source

Projects: 2

Open Source Projects

github.com/hacdias

Jan 2015 - Present

• Creator of File Browser, a Go and Vue.js self-hosted file hosting service. It has more than 34K stars on GitHub and over 100M downloads across different platforms. • Author of several Go tools for self-hosting and the open web, including webdav (5K+ stars) and indielib , an IndieWeb toolkit implementing IndieAuth, Micropub, and Microformats.

Personal Website

hacdias.com

Jul 2014 - Present

• Building and maintaining my personal website for over a decade, where I publish photographs and write on topics, ranging from personal reflections to in-depth tutorials. • Built Eagle, a custom Go backend, to manage my statically generated website from the browser, and experiment with different integrations, such as AT Protocol, ActivityPub, and Webmentions.

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Credentials: 2

Nederlands B2 - Staatsexamen Nt2 II

College voor Toetsen en Examens

Jul 2024

English C1 - IELTS Band 7.5

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Education: 2

Eindhoven University of Technology

MSc, Computer Science and Engineering

Jan 2020 - Jan 2022

• Thesis on Impact of Different Algorithms in Blockchain-based Federated Learning Systems. • Paper on BlockLearning: A Modular Framework for Blockchain-based Federated Learning.

Instituto Superior Técnico

BSc, Information Systems and Computer Engineering

Jan 2017 - Jan 2020

• Awarded an Academic Merit Award in 2 years.

Volunteering: 6

Technical Mentor

HackYourFuture

Jul 2024 - Feb 2026

• Helped train people with limited access to education to become web developers, by reviewing assignments and answering questions about JavaScript, Browsers, Node.js, APIs and Databases.

Committee Member

ESFF Dekate Mousa

Sep 2021 - Sep 2022

• Designed and produced stickers and Instagram publicity campaigns, as part of the PR committee. • Maintained the WordPress-based website, as part of the Website Committee.

Student Teaching Assistant

Eindhoven University of Technology

Sep 2021 - Jun 2022

• Prepared materials, gave practical classes and helped students in a Deep Learning course. • Mentored 12 new master students from different nationalities during their first semester.

Student Mentor

Instituto Superior Técnico

Sep 2018 - Jun 2020

• Mentored groups of new students during their first weeks at the university, two years in a row.

Full-Stack Software Developer

Upframe

Sep 2016 - May 2018

• Built a Go REST API, Slack integration, and a React web application to manage newsletters and enrollments for a mentorship-driven program connecting mentors with first-time entrepreneurs.

Content Writer

Pplware

Jun 2013 - Sep 2016

• Wrote over 400 tutorials, tech news and other articles on both Pplware and Pplware Kids. • Published a 60 page e-book on how to program in C for beginners when I was 15 years old.

Languages: 3

Portuguese(Native or bilingual)
English(Full professional)
Dutch(Professional working)