Summary
Rafael Valer is a Senior iOS Software Engineer with 11 years of mobile experience and over five years focused on native iOS, Android, and watchOS development across startups and larger engineering teams. He combines deep Swift and Objective-C expertise with systems-level knowledge in C/C++ and Java, and has applied ARKit and HCI research from a year-long exchange at the University of Oslo to real product features. Rafael has led small teams, driven modularization efforts that cut compile times, and contributed to app growth (helping drive millions of downloads) as well as SDK development and publishing. Based in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, he pairs academic rigor—a B.S. and M.S. in Computer Science from UFRGS—with hands-on product delivery, and has a knack for turning research prototypes in augmented reality and health monitoring into production-ready mobile experiences.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Computer Science, Master's degree Computer Science at University of Oslo
Master of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
English, Portuguese, Norwegian, Spanish