Rafael Almeida is a seasoned technology leader and CTO based in Brazil with over a decade of hands-on experience building cloud-native, secure, and scalable platforms. He has led cross-functional teams across engineering, data, cloud and security, driving transformations that cut cloud costs by 40% while achieving ISO 27001 certification and maturing MLOps practices. Rafael combines pragmatic DevOps/SRE discipline with strategic security leadership—having run Red/Blue/AppSec/GRC functions and revamped IT audit and data governance frameworks. He has a history of enabling rapid product growth through resilient architectures and efficient CI/CD, and is comfortable moving between vendor management, budgeting and deep technical design. An early software developer turned architect, he brings both implementation empathy and executive oversight to fast-scaling fintech and data-driven businesses.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Especialista Eng. Software Computer Software Engineering, Especialista Eng. Software Computer Software Engineering at Faculdade Mater Dei
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