Rafael Francisco is a seasoned technology leader and Co-Founder/CTO of Fazer Orçamento, a São Paulo-based startup helping thousands of independent renovation and repair professionals improve sales and management. With over 11 years of hands-on engineering experience and more than 15 years applying technology to real problems, he blends startup leadership with deep backend expertise across Python, Ruby/Rails, Java, serverless and cloud-native architectures. He has driven mission-critical projects at Zé Delivery and GetNinjas—including real-time delivery tracking, monolith-to-microservices splits, resilient payment systems and LATAM expansion—demonstrating a knack for reliable, scalable services. Rafael pairs product-minded engineering with operational skillsets (AWS, Docker, Terraform, databases) and a track record of accelerating startups through programs like BlackRocks, BTG Pactual and BNDES Garagem. Notably, he moves fluidly between building developer-facing infrastructure and customer-facing features, which helps him translate field needs into pragmatic technical roadmaps. Based in Brazil, he combines entrepreneurial grit with practical system design to deliver measurable business outcomes.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Cientista da Computação Computer Programming, Cientista da Computação Computer Programming at Sumaré
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