Summary
Rafael Piloto is a software engineer with eight years of experience building cloud infrastructure, developer tooling, and robotics-focused ML systems, currently contributing to Google Cloud's VM Services. He has a track record of shipping reliability and automation improvements—intern projects reduced manual configuration errors to zero, cut rollout time by days, and boosted integration-test efficiency by ~70%. Rafael blends systems engineering (Golang, C++, Spanner, Kubernetes) with applied ML and robotics (PyTorch, RL, computer vision), having developed hyperparameter tuning and gesture-recognition pipelines for Air Force Research Laboratory projects. At Emory he supported a maker space, taught workshops, and resolved hardware/software issues, reflecting a practical, hands-on approach to technology and STEM education equity. Known among peers for a playful GitHub bio—"Where good food becomes bad code"—he pairs technical rigor with a collaborative, community-focused mindset.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma Computer Science, High School Diploma Computer Science at New Albany High School
Tom Glenn High School
Stony Point High School
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at Emory University
Big Spring High School
American Sign Language, English, Spanish