Bernardo Prior

Building stuff

Porto, Portugal

LinkedInX
BP

Work Experience

Cloro
Remote

January 2026 - Present

Software Engineer

    ScraperAPI
    Remote

    May 2023 - October 2025

    Senior Software Engineer

    • Led, implemented, and deployed large-scale performance and reliability improvements across ScraperAPI's infrastructure, powering 35B+ API requests per month.
    • Unblocked multiple domains previously reliant on third-party services, saving over $10K per month by bringing anti-block solutions in-house.
    • Architected and delivered a high-capacity rendering engine handling 100M+ monthly requests and orchestrating 4,000+ concurrent browsers with distributed proxies and advanced unblocking strategies, improving success rates and reducing rendering latency by 33%.
    • Designed and implemented automatic bot-blocking bypass mechanisms and advanced anti-detection techniques, now used by 40%+ of all platform traffic, significantly improving success rates, reliability, and undetectability.
    • Developed a Browser-as-a-Service proof of concept enabling customers to control browsers directly via Playwright and Puppeteer, with built-in concurrency and usage limits.
    • Won four internal hackathons, delivering innovative prototypes that were integrated into the product roadmap.
    • Worked daily with TypeScript, Python, RabbitMQ, PostgreSQL, ClickHouse, Redis, and Kubernetes.

    Cloudflare
    Remote

    July 2021 - May 2023

    Software Engineer

    • Helped to develop a framework in Go that ingests BigQuery data into PostgreSQL and ClickHouse instances.
    • Built a platform providing insights to Cloudflare's Sales teams using a React and TypeScript front end powered by a Go API, with PostgreSQL, BigQuery, and ClickHouse supplying data.
    • Developed a system that notifies go-to-market teams about customer product usage, enabling more effective upsell opportunities.

    Freelance
    Remote

    December 2021 - December 2025

    Fullstack Software Engineer

    • Developed BasePub, an AI research discovery platform powered by TypeScript routines, Next.js, PostgreSQL, AWS S3, and Algolia.
    • Built Paws, a photo contest platform with a responsive web experience, two-factor authentication, Facebook OAuth, and Stripe payments using React, TypeScript, and MySQL deployed on Cloudflare and GCP.
    • Created Muffin, a social timer app with authenticated real-time chat and a Kanban board using Cloudflare Workers and WebSockets.

    Paladar
    Portugal

    July 2020 - October 2022

    Co-Founder

    • Co-founded a startup delivering unique dining experiences for tourists and secured investment from a Portuguese startup program.

    Education

    University of Coimbra

    September 2018 - July 2021
    Bachelor of Software Engineering — Coimbra, Portugal

    Skills

    TypeScript
    Golang
    Python
    SQL
    NoSQL
    C/C++
    JavaScript
    HTML/CSS
    React.js
    Node.js
    React Native
    Django
    Git
    Docker
    Kubernetes
    Google Cloud Platform
    Cloudflare
    AWS
    Portuguese
    English
    Spanish

    Projects

    BasePub

    The home of AI progress

    TypeScript
    Next.js
    SQL
    Algolia

    Paws

    Photo contest platform for everyone's pets

    TypeScript
    React
    Node
    SQL
    Stripe

    Muffin

    Social timer app that allows you to work together with your friends

    TypeScript
    React
    Cloudflare Workers
    Websockets