Rafael Eiki
Head Of Engineering at Lift Ventures
Minas Gerais, Brazil
Summary
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Top SchoolRafael Eiki is a Head of Engineering with 11 years of full‑stack experience leading growth, experimentation and AI-driven product innovation from Brazil. He has progressed from hands-on roles at QuintoAndar, Movile and Microsoft to senior leadership at Lift Ventures, where he built scalable GenAI integrations, cut front-end infrastructure costs by 60–70%, and managed multiple engineering teams including an EM. Rafael combines strong execution in React, Ruby on Rails and backend systems with a track record of A/B testing and SEO-driven product improvements that measurably boosted conversion. He is also an educator and mentor—leading employability programs at Samsung Innovation Campus and advising dozens of EdTech startups—bringing empathy and coaching into engineering culture. Notably, his background as a founder of an award-winning EdTech startup gives him product sensibility and a knack for translating user needs into technical strategy.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Information Systems, Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Information Systems at Universidade Estadual de CampinasComputing Technician, Computing applied to Education, Computing Technician, Computing applied to Education at Colégio Técnico de Campinas - Unicamp
Portuguese, Japanese, English
Github Skills (11)
deserialization8
java8
serialization7
css7
nodejs6
svg5
javascript5
susy4
top-down4
testing2
python1
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
rafaeleiki/rafaeleiki
Mar 2021 - Nov 2022
Contributions:5 commits, 5 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 8 months
rafaeleiki/mewketing
Oct 2017 - Feb 2022
Service to send corporate emails
Contributions:1 PR, 1 branch in 4 years 4 months
djangoemailemailscorporatenodejs
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