Rafael Borja is an experienced Java/JEE engineer and engineering leader with over two decades in IT and nine years in senior roles across global firms, currently serving as Assistant Vice President at Morgan Stanley. He combines deep hands-on expertise in enterprise Java, Spring, Hibernate, Oracle/Postgres and middleware (WebLogic, WebSphere) with proven experience in multisite and cross-cultural projects spanning Canada, Brazil and Europe. Rafael has a track record of driving core systems and AI-related engineering efforts, mentoring teams, and bridging technical design with business needs from pre-sales to delivery. Multilingual in Portuguese, English, French and Spanish, he brings strong communication skills to distributed teams and complex integrations. His background includes certifications (SCWCD, SCJP), an academic master's in computer science, and a history of stabilizing legacy systems while modernizing architectures.
9 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Technical Electro-Mechanics, Technical Electro-Mechanics at CEFET-RN
Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte
Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná
Master's degree Computer Science, Master's degree Computer Science at UFPE
Z-Wave device handle for August Pro Smart Lock device handler with door sense
Contributions:2 releases, 43 commits, 2 PRs in 4 months
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Rafael Borja - Assistant Vice President at Morgan Stanley