Rafael Castro
Senior Principal Support Engineer at EDB
Paraná, Brazil
Summary
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Top SchoolRafael Castro is a Senior Principal Support Engineer at EDB with 11 years of experience specializing in PostgreSQL, backend systems, and developer-facing tools. He moved from .NET desktop and web development into database consulting at 2ndQuadrant before joining EDB, blending hands-on coding with deep operational support. An active open-source contributor, he improved OmniDB’s backend monitoring dashboard by adding custom plugin management and refining UI behavior, showing attention to both data structures and user-facing workflows. Based in Paraná, Brazil, Rafael pairs formal computer science training from UBC and Universidade Federal do Paraná with practical experience turning complex database requirements into maintainable solutions. Notably, he bridges consulting and engineering work—solving escalations while shipping backend enhancements that empower superusers and operators.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Undergraduation, Computer Science, Undergraduation, Computer Science at The University of British ColumbiaUndergraduation, Computer Science, Undergraduation, Computer Science at Federal University of ParanáBachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Universidade Federal do Paraná
Portuguese, English
Github Skills (8)
databases10
javascript10
database-administration10
postgresql10
admin10
back-end-development10
database10
sql9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
OmniDB/OmniDB
Apr 2016 - Dec 2020
Web tool for database management
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:11 releases, 1211 commits, 304 PRs in 4 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Rafael was actively involved in improving the monitoring dashboard, enhancing its functionality to include custom plugins for adding new monitoring units, enabling superusers to delete and upload plugins, and extending custom font-size options to more interface elements. Their work focused on the back-end logic and data structures, reflected in the code changes and updates to the core functionalities of the database management web tool. The user also separated the editor from the interface font size and corrected a bug in plugin deletion.
web-toolpostgresql-databaseweb-applicationdatabasedatabase-management
OmniDB/plugins
Jun 2018 - May 2019
Open source plugins for OmniDB
Contributions:22 commits, 21 pushes in 10 months
databasepluginsplugin
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