Rafael Herrera
Software Engineer at Toptal
Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic
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Top SchoolRafael Herrera is a Software Engineer with nine years of experience building mobile-first and full SDLC projects, currently contributing at Toptal and Belk while freelancing as a React Native developer. He brings hands-on expertise across junior-to-senior roles at GBH and Newtech, pairing front-end mobile development with data-informed problem solving from an earlier data analyst role. Based in Santo Domingo, he focuses on apps that deliver positive societal impact and improved human experiences. Rafael’s background in software engineering and technical IT training gives him strong delivery discipline and cross-functional collaboration skills. He’s comfortable shipping production mobile apps and iterating quickly as a freelance and remote contributor across international teams. An attention to practical business value distinguishes his approach—solving real user problems rather than just building features.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
English Interpreter English, English Interpreter English at Real American LearningBachelor's degree Software Engineering, Bachelor's degree Software Engineering at Instituto Tecnológico de Santo DomingoTécnico en Informática Information Technology, Técnico en Informática Information Technology at Liceo Técnico Salomé Ureña
Spanish, English, Japanese
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Github Skills (31)
spotlight10
launcher10
alfred9
react-native9
ios9
raycast9
android9
react9
macos9
command-palette8
cross-platform8
local-notifications8
mobile8
react-native-module7
firebase7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
RZzero/AlgorithmsLib
Dec 2017 - Jan 2023
Algorithms repo of my competitive programming and interview prep journey
Contributions:209 commits, 119 PRs, 181 pushes in 5 years 2 months
RZzero/FitMap
Dec 2016 - Feb 2018
Contributions:30 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 2 months
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