Rafa Gomes
Head Of Engineering at Oak Network
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Top SchoolRafa Gomes is a seasoned engineering leader with 14 years of hands-on full‑stack experience and over 16 years reflected on GitHub, now heading Engineering for Latam at Oak Network from Rio de Janeiro. He blends product-minded technical strategy with deep implementation skills across React, Node.js, Go, Rust and Flutter, and has a strong focus on scalable, secure cloud-native systems and CI/CD on AWS. Rafa has led protocol and SDK development for blockchain projects, contributed front-end improvements to ethereum.org, and pairs business-facing leadership with active code-level involvement. Known for mentoring high-performing teams, he also brings entrepreneurial experience launching NFT and crypto products, and formal training in Go and ethical hacking that underpins his emphasis on performance and security.
14 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Estácio de Sá UniversityEthical Hacker Nanodegree, Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance, Ethical Hacker Nanodegree, Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance at Udacity3, Archtecture and Urbanism, 3, Archtecture and Urbanism at Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroPostgraduate Degree, Advanced Go (GoLang) Development Specialist, Postgraduate Degree, Advanced Go (GoLang) Development Specialist at Full Cycle
English, Portuguese
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Github Skills (19)
typescript10
nextjs10
typescript-types10
typescripts10
react10
chakra-ui10
ui-design9
html8
css8
codeigniter6
php6
actionscript6
jquery6
json6
ajax6
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
ethereum/ethereum-org-website
Oct 2024 - Oct 2024
Ethereum.org is a primary online resource for the Ethereum community.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:1 PR, 7 comments in 20 days
Contributions summary:Rafa primarily focused on enhancing the user interface and user experience within the Ethereum.org website. Their contributions involved refactoring and updating existing components, particularly related to staking products. They implemented styling changes, adjusted icon sizes, and integrated social media links, demonstrating a focus on improving the visual presentation and functionality of the website's front-end elements.
gatsbyreactethereumblockchainweb3
rafagomes/react-pocket-projects
Jan 2020 - Mar 2021
Pocket projects for React studies
Contributions:97 commits, 58 PRs, 81 pushes in 1 year 2 months
reactjsreactpocketblockstack
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