About
Hey, I'm Candido Sales, half Brazilian 🇧🇷 and half Canadian 🇨🇦. I started working as a software engineer in 2011, focusing on PHP.
Currently, I work at Smile.io where I'm dedicated to building accessible and human-centred products.
In addition to that, I've founded Geleia Total and Turismo Piauí and offer consulting services to private and public entities. One of my greatest joys is mentoring individuals and helping them with their IT careers through ADPList.
I'm a huge fan of open-source and side projects. When I'm not working, I enjoy cooking, playing games, reading non-tech books and hiking.
Work experience
Sep 2025 - Current
Senior Software Engineer at
Smile.io 🇨🇦 Nov 2024 - Jul 2025
Intermediate Software Engineer at
Wealthsimple 🇨🇦 Feb 2022 - Oct 2024
Senior Software Engineer at
Cisco 🇨🇦 Sep 2019 - Feb 2022
Senior Software Engineer at
Vendasta 🇨🇦 Dec 2017 - Sep 2019
Tech Lead / Senior Software Engineer at
GR1D 🇧🇷 Aug 2016 - Nov 2017
Co-founder, Android Developer and Frontend Developer at
VC+ 🇧🇷 
Anthony Bourdain
“It seems that the more places I see, the bigger I realize the world to be. The more I realize how relatively little I know of it, how many places I have still to go, how much more there is to learn. Maybe that’s enlightenment enough, to know that there is no final resting place of the mind, no moment of smug clarity. Perhaps wisdom, at least for me, means realizing how small I am, and unwise, and how far I have yet to go.”