Summary
Rafael Scarduelli is a software engineer with a decade of experience building reliable systems, currently contributing at Datadog after five years as a senior engineer at Loadsmart. He combines a strong academic foundation in mechatronics and electrical/computer engineering with hands-on work in virtualization, formal methods, and safety-critical systems from research roles at LAAS-CNRS and UFSC. Rafael has delivered production software across domains—from cloud-scale engineering to PLC testing and optical metrology—using languages like C/C++, Python and C#, and has experience integrating hardware and networking stacks. Comfortable moving between research prototypes and production services, he brings an engineer’s rigor to testing, timing-accurate middleware, and automation challenges. Based in Santa Catarina, Brazil, he blends systems-level thinking with practical implementation skills that help bridge academic research and commercial product engineering.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng), Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng), Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering at Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Sandwich Degree in Eletronic and Computer Engineering, Engenharia Elétrica e de Computação, Sandwich Degree in Eletronic and Computer Engineering, Engenharia Elétrica e de Computação at CentraleSupélec
Portuguese, English, French