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In the foreground is Erick Almeida, a young Latino man with short hair and brown eyes wearing glasses. He is smiling and wearing a burgundy shirt. The photo shows only the bust, over a green circle. Around it is three smaller green circles.

Hi there! All good?

I'm Erick Almeida (he/him), Computer Science student, web enthusiast, curious about design and from Irará, Bahia, Brazil.

Pursuing B.S. in Computer Science at Federal University of Pernambuco
Participant in the Apple Developer Academy | UFPE extension project
Software Developer at Autecla
Member of PET-Informática

Featured projects

A Discord bot that scrobbles songs played by other bots to Last.fm.

Top.gg GitHub

An app to request money in a simple and fun way through Apple Wallet.

App Store Instagram

A tool to track data about the COVID-19 pandemic at the municipal level.

Web App GitHub

An experience that presents the festivity of Burrinha de Dinê and the culture of Irará.

GitHub

A progressive web app to track information about the UFPE University Restaurant.

Web App GitHub

A survival game set in the Northeast Brazil backlands inspired by Graciliano Ramos book Barren Lives.

GitHub

Presentations and talks

A web for everyone: the importance of the front-end in making the internet accessible for all people

Participated in a discussion about the need to think about accessibility when developing experiences for the web.

The Developer's Conference Recife 2020

In the end, it's about people: Developing with accessibility in mind

Spoke about the importance of accessibility in software development, regardless of platform or tool.

Campus Party Brasília 2019
Shawee Community Day Recife
UHULL Connect Natal 2019

Awards

1st Place Team, Health category (Autapp)

Campus Mobile 8th Edition (2020)

Instituto Claro

Part of the winning team of this national innovation contest. The team created a tool that aims to help therapists monitor autistic children.

1st Place Team (Nísia)

Justice of Excellence in the Hand Hackathon

Campus Party Natal 2019

Part of the awarded team for developing a citizen service via chat for the Federal Court, simplifying the legal language.

1st Place Team (Luma)

Liberty Insurance Hackathon

Campus Party Brasil 2019

Part of the winning team for developing a tool that helps insurance brokers collect customer data and contact them through social networks.

Outstanding Freshman Award 2018

INEP (National Institute of Educational Studies and Research Anísio Teixeira)

1st Place Team (Reciclômetro)

Zero Waste Brasília Hackathon

Campus Party Brasília 2018

Part of the winning team for developing a service that indicates whether a product is recyclable and a suitable disposal site through a photo of the packaging taken by the user.

1st Place Team (Roda Cultural)

Hackathon Desafios Bahia: Cultura

Campus Party Bahia 2018

Part of the winning team for developing an app with a chatbot that suggests places and cultural events based on user interests.