Rafael Aquini
Principal Software Engineer at Red Hat
Nashua, New Hampshire, United States
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Top SchoolRafael Aquini is a Principal Software Engineer with 15+ years of experience mastering Linux/Unix kernel and system software, currently leading a subsystem team on Red Hat’s Core Kernel Team in Nashua, NH. He specializes in complex memory management, backporting and tailoring fixes for RHEL kernels, and resolving high‑profile customer escalations through hotfixes, tuning, and vmcore analysis. Comfortable across architectures (x86, PowerPC, ARM) and languages like C, he pairs hands‑on technical depth with an ability to train and guide engineering and support teams. His background spans enterprise IT and entrepreneurship—from co-founding a development firm to designing infrastructure for a large Brazilian credit union—and includes military leadership as an infantry officer, which informs his disciplined, pragmatic approach to problem solving.
14 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) Information Systems, Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) Information Systems at Centro Universitário FranciscanoBachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) Agronomy, Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) Agronomy at Universidade Federal de Santa MariaBachelor's degree Mathematics, Bachelor's degree Mathematics at Universidade do Sul de Santa CatarinaBachelor of Engineering - BE Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE Computer Engineering at Centro Universitário Internacional UNINTER
portuguese - brazil, English, Spanish
Github Skills (106)
merge-request10
fork10
pipeline10
thermostat10
linux-kernel9
linux9
moto9
oracle-linux9
linux-distribution9
publish9
gitlab-ci9
git-addons9
busybox9
kernel9
shell8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
aquini/content-resolver-input
Aug 2020 - Jul 2024
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Contributions:3 pushes, 5 branches in 3 years 11 months
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