Summary
Rafael Cepeda is a Principal Member of Technical Staff based in Seattle with 11 years of experience building and operating large-scale web and cloud systems across AWS and Oracle. He blends deep low- and high-level technical expertise with product and business savvy, repeatedly driving ambiguous projects from prototype to production and resolving long-standing cross-system issues. At AWS he contributed to ECS, ECR, and App Mesh consoles while owning infrastructure builds, load testing, and operational excellence; at prior companies he led teams, hired and mentored engineers, and shipped advisor- and customer-facing applications. Rafael is known for exceptional problem-solving—teammates have called him “top 1% Dive Deep”—and for influencing leadership with pragmatic plans that balance business goals and technical constraints. A lifelong learner and occasional Stack Overflow contributor, he pairs hands-on craftsmanship (from frontend UX to backend architecture) with a typographer’s attention to detail cultivated early in his career.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Network Systems Operations, Bachelor of Science - BS, Network Systems Operations at University of West Florida