Rafael Folco
Principal Software Engineer at Red Hat
Brazil
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Top SchoolRafael Folco is a Principal Software Engineer with over two decades of hands-on experience in performance engineering, systems tuning, and CI/CD for large-scale Linux and cloud environments. He currently leads workload characterization and low-latency/DPDK performance work for telco customers at Red Hat, combining kernel- and userspace-level debugging with automated benchmark frameworks. Rafael has a strong track record building CI systems and teams—at IBM he drove build stability from 60% to 97% and raised test coverage to industry standards—bringing practical DevOps and test automation expertise to complex distributed projects. Fluent in Python, C/C++, Bash and tools like Ansible, Kubernetes and OpenStack, he blends deep low-level skills with cloud-native practices and a history of published benchmarks and patents. Based in Brazil, he is comfortable leading remote, cross-cultural teams and turning obscure performance bottlenecks into repeatable, production-ready solutions.
11 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Graduate Degree Software Engineering, Graduate Degree Software Engineering at Universidade Metodista de PiracicabaBachelor's degree Computer Engineering, Bachelor's degree Computer Engineering at Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas
English, Spanish
Github Skills (111)
performance-testing10
ansible-lint10
lint10
pre-commit-hook10
selectable10
post-processing9
ansible9
stress-testing9
benchmark9
linter9
automation-framework9
traffic9
poc9
performance-analysis9
cpu9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
rafaelfolco/multiplex
Apr 2021 - Apr 2023
Contributions:1 PR, 39 pushes, 30 branches in 2 years
rafaelfolco/ooo-ci-utils
Dec 2017 - Feb 2018
Contributions:8 commits, 7 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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