Rafael Villalta is a Senior Backend Engineer with 10 years of experience building resilient web and payments systems, currently focusing on online payment operations at Cloudbeds. He brings deep expertise in PHP/Symfony, microservices, Docker, Redis, MongoDB and cloud CI/CD pipelines from roles at fast-moving startups and remote-first teams across Europe. Rafael has a history of leading small teams and shipping scalable integrations for advertising, hospitality and e-learning platforms, often bridging legacy stacks (Java/J2EE) with modern cloud architectures. Based in Andalusia, he combines hands-on backend development with operational sensibilities for production systems and a practical knack for automating workflows. Colleagues would note his resourcefulness and steady track record of taking ownership in distributed environments.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
University of Seville
5-year university degree, Computer Engineering, 5-year university degree, Computer Engineering at Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia - U.N.E.D.
A PHP client for RedisJSON module using phpredis extension
Contributions:64 commits, 55 PRs, 69 pushes in 1 year 3 months
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Rafael Villalta - Senior Backend Engineer, Online Payment Operations