Summary
Rafael Mendes is a senior software engineer with 8 years of experience building and operating cloud-native Java and Python systems, currently designing and deploying AWS solutions at Itaú Unibanco. He combines deep backend expertise (Spring Boot, Hibernate/JPA, microservices) with hands-on DevOps across ECS, Lambda, CodePipeline and RDS, and a track record of owning feature delivery from design to production. As founder/CEO of Guarda Chuva Software and former Scrum Master, he blends entrepreneurial initiative with team leadership, onboarding and code-review practices. He also has a background in games programming and an MBA in Software Engineering, reflecting a curiosity for both systems-level engineering and creative software. Notably, Rafael prefers continuous learning—he describes himself simply as someone who loves development and picking up new technologies.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
MBA in Software Engineering, MBA in Software Engineering at Faculdade Metropolitana
Post Graduation in Digital Games, Digital Games Programming, Pós-Graduação, Post Graduation in Digital Games, Digital Games Programming, Pós-Graduação at Laureate International Universities
Bachelor in Information Systems, Sistemas de Informação, Graduação, Bachelor in Information Systems, Sistemas de Informação, Graduação at Faculdade Santa Emília
inglês - b2, Portuguese