Rafael聽Mercado
Senior Software Engineer at Netflix
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
馃懁
Senior馃帗
Top SchoolRafael Mercado is a Senior Software Engineer with eight years of experience specializing in large, complex C++ systems, virtualization, and runtime/state management for Hyper-V and cloud environments. He brings deep expertise in modern C++ (including templates) and C, plus a track record of building test frameworks and automation that improve debugging, validation, and regression workflows. At Microsoft he helped evolve Hyper-V infrastructure and now applies that systems-level knowledge at Netflix, giving him a practical perspective on how virtualization underpins cloud and container orchestration stacks. An avid Rust enthusiast who publishes crates and a lifelong learner, he pairs low-level systems craftsmanship with a strong culture of team transparency, accountability, and collaboration. Outside work he explores game design and market microstructure, reflecting a curiosity for complex systems both technical and economic.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Ingeniero en Sistemas Computacionales, Ingeniero en Sistemas Computacionales at Instituto Tecnol贸gico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente, A.C.Ingenier铆a, Ingenier铆a at ITESO Universidad Jesuita de Guadalajara
Spanish, English
Stackoverflow
3reputation
377reached
0answers
1question
Github Skills (22)
game-engine9
data-driven9
bitcoin9
game-development9
cryptocurrency9
rust9
p2p8
cryptography8
open-source8
staging8
bevy7
azure-container-registry6
api6
windows6
docker6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
rafawo/hcs-rs
Dec 2019 - Aug 2020
Rust wrapper of Host Compute Service API
Contributions:80 commits, 9 PRs, 192 pushes in 8 months
apihostrustcomputeapi-service
rafawo/vmsavedstatetodump-rs
Dec 2018 - Aug 2020
Contributions:94 commits, 68 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 9 months
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe鈥檝e analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.