Rafael Zalamena
Software Developer at Network Device Education Foundation (NetDEF)
Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Summary
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Top SchoolRafael Zalamena is a software developer with 14 years of experience specializing in routing and network systems, currently contributing to the FRRouting (FRR) open-source project through NetDEF. He has deep hands-on expertise in back-end protocol work—fixing bugs and adding features across BGP, YANG operational data handling, CLI/northbound interfaces, and FreeBSD routing socket integration. His background includes development for OpenBSD and commercial network vendors, giving him a pragmatic blend of OS-level networking and production product experience. Rafael’s contributions include implementing BFD static route monitoring and other reliability-focused improvements, highlighting a focus on operational quality rather than just new features. Based in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, he pairs a Computer Science degree from PUCRS with sustained open-source impact on one of the Internet’s core routing suites.
14 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science at Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul
Portuguese, English
Github Skills (11)
c1710
bgp10
bfd10
url-routing10
c1110
yang10
networking9
linux8
protobuf8
protobuffer8
documentation7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
FRRouting/frr
Oct 2018 - Jan 2023
The FRRouting Protocol Suite
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:444 reviews, 93 commits, 444 PRs in 4 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Rafael primarily contributed to the FRRouting Protocol Suite by fixing bugs and adding new features related to the display and handling of YANG operational data, specifically within the CLI and northbound interfaces. They also fixed several bugs and implemented improvements related to BGP, logging, and the FreeBSD routing socket handling. Furthermore, the user was responsible for implementing BFD static route monitoring and other quality-of-life improvements.
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rzalamena/vpls-src
Mar 2015 - Jul 2015
Contributions:107 pushes, 35 branches in 4 months
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