Summary
Rafael Liu is a senior software engineer with two decades of experience designing and operating large-scale distributed systems at Meta, AWS, and Red Hat. He specializes in high-throughput, production-grade platforms—spanning ML serving, accelerator optimization, and national-scale infrastructure—with deep Python and Java expertise. Rafael blends reliability engineering, performance tuning, and operational excellence to keep systems robust under real customer load, and has shepherded greenfield and AGI-focused initiatives at AWS. Currently pursuing an M.S. in Computer Science (Machine Learning) at Georgia Tech, he is shifting his practice toward ML systems and infrastructure while continuing hands-on platform work at Meta. Notably, his career bridges consultancy, TPM/technical account roles, and senior engineering, giving him uncommon perspective on both customer-facing reliability and internal platform architecture.
14 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Computer Science, Master's degree Computer Science at Georgia Institute of Technology
Bachelor Computer Science, Bachelor Computer Science at Universidade de Brasília
English, Portuguese