Rafael Amaral is a Staff Software Engineer with a decade of experience building cloud-native, distributed systems and secure architectures across fintech, media and legal-tech domains. He has led teams and core components at Sky/LeoVegas and designed SOA/microservices platforms using Java, Scala, Kafka and cloud providers (GCP/AWS), frequently acting as technical reference, interviewer and cross-team collaborator. His background spans hands-on systems administration to research in security and early-warning systems, giving him a rare blend of operational insight and formal research experience. Known for introducing open-source tooling and automating complex workflows (including reverse-engineering digital signature flows for courts), he combines pragmatic engineering with strong interest in networking and info security. Based in Lisbon, he brings both leadership and deep implementation muscle across backend, messaging and cloud infrastructure.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
IT - Vocational Education, IT - Vocational Education at Cedaspy
B.S. Computer Science High-Performance Computing and Distributed Systems, B.S. Computer Science High-Performance Computing and Distributed Systems at Federal University of Technology - Parana
Technologist Degree in System Analysis and Development, Technologist Degree in System Analysis and Development at Universidade Positivo
Contributions:1 release, 11 reviews, 115 PRs in 1 year 1 month
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Rafael Amaral - Staff Software Engineer at LeoVegas Group