Summary
Rafael Lima is a seasoned software engineer and engineering leader with 14 years of experience building scalable web applications and resilient infrastructure, currently contracting at Florio GmbH from São Paulo. He combines deep Ruby on Rails expertise with Golang for performance-critical services and a strong SRE background gained at FREE NOW, enabling him to optimize reliability and performance across the stack. Rafael has led engineering teams at Clark and Locaweb, mentoring developers and shaping delivery practices that balance velocity with operational excellence. His career began in enterprise and government projects, giving him a pragmatic approach to architecture, integrations, and long-lived systems. Known for a hands-on style, he pairs managerial experience with active coding—his GitHub bio’s cheeky “I use docker to run Powerpoint” hints at a playful curiosity for unconventional tooling. Always learning, he focuses on turning complex requirements into maintainable, user-centered solutions.
14 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
college, Computer science, college, Computer science at Universidade Paulista
English, French