Rafael R
Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer at Hover
New York City Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRafael R is a Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer based in the New York City area with 11 years of experience designing performant, accessible user experiences and scalable front-end platforms. He has a strong track record building design systems and developer platforms—driving initiatives that produced theme-aware component libraries, Figma kits, and single-source UI packages that accelerated product launches and handoffs. Rafael has led teams and engineering functions from IC to director levels, shipping cross-platform mobile/web experiences, major rebrands, and a widely used game launcher at Epic Games during his agency years. At Hover and prior companies he paired hands-on React/React Native work with process improvements like A/B experimentation, onboarding flows, and platform ownership that reduced decision friction for designers and engineers. He also contributes to open-source tooling for developer UX—improving terminal prompts with git status, timing, and Python venv integration—reflecting an attention to small but impactful developer-facing details. Fluent in bridging design and engineering, he’s known for scaling teams, mentoring engineers, and turning design systems into production-ready product leverage.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Graduation Design, Graduation Design at Istituto Europeo di Design - IED São PauloTechnical High School Data Processing, Technical High School Data Processing at Fundação Instituto Tecnológico de Osasco (FITO)
Portuguese, English
Github Skills (9)
prompting10
sh10
git10
script10
shell10
customisation10
scripting10
prompt10
customizing10
Programming languages (23)
Github contributions (5)
pure-fish/pure
Oct 2015 - May 2019
Pretty, minimal, and fast prompt for Fish shell inspired by sindresorhus/pure
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:2 releases, 61 commits, 19 PRs in 3 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Rafael primarily focused on enhancing the `pure-fish/pure` prompt for the Fish shell. They implemented features such as color formatting, git branch/status display, command duration, and a red symbol for command errors. The user also made adjustments to the terminal title and added support for python virtualenv integration. Their work involved modifying the Fish shell configuration to improve the prompt's functionality and user experience.
bashsindresorhusfish-promptfish-themefish-plugin
rafaelrinaldi/porreta
Aug 2015 - Mar 2016
:+1: Get funny words in Brazilian Portuguese
Contributions:56 commits, 25 PRs, 33 pushes in 6 months
brazilianwordsportuguese-brazilian
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