Rafael Romero
Engineering Manager at AILY LABS
Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
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Top SchoolRafael Romero is an Engineering Manager based in Madrid with 11+ years leading multidisciplinary, multicultural and remote teams to deliver high-quality software, currently driving engineering at AILY LABS. He brings deep hands-on experience across front-end and back-end stacks—JavaScript/TypeScript, React, Node, Java—plus cloud-native operations on AWS, Kubernetes and Argo CD from fintech and HR-focused products. Rafael progressed from frontend engineer to manager within Block (after Pagantis/Clearpay acquisitions), giving him practical insight into scaling teams and systems through M&A and rapid change. He has a track record of establishing reusable front-end component libraries, improving performance and shaping architecture and hiring practices. Known for blending strong analytical problem-solving with people leadership, he prioritizes shipping reliable, maintainable systems that solve real-world problems. Fluent in navigating both startup and enterprise dynamics, he excels at turning complex product requirements into pragmatic execution plans.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science Engineering (2-year university degree), Ingeniería informática, Computer Science Engineering (2-year university degree), Ingeniería informática at Universidad de Córdoba
Spanish, English, French
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Github Skills (30)
audit7
developer-tools7
directive7
html6
auditing6
angular6
performance-analysis6
nodejs6
typescript6
java6
monitoring6
npm6
lighthouse5
angularjs4
que4
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
rgarom/angular-visualize-directive
Dec 2014 - Dec 2015
Contributions:8 commits, 1 PR, 3 pushes in 1 year
reportsjs-frameworkvisualizedirectivevisualizations
rgarom/qbTest
Jun 2018 - Sep 2019
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 3 months
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