Rafael Zerbini
Lead Software Engineer at Félix
Federal District, Brazil
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Top SchoolRafael Zerbini is a Lead Software Engineer with nine years of hands-on experience building secure, scalable backend systems across fintech, AI data platforms, and IoT research. He blends deep application security expertise—JWT, API key hardening, CVE mitigation and least-privilege design—with practical API and microservices engineering in Ruby, TypeScript, Go, Node.js and emerging Rust. Rafael’s research background in Blockchain and Tangle for IoT intrusion detection (published while at University of Brasília) informs a security-first approach to distributed systems and payment APIs. As a Security Champion and mentor, he has led upgrades, DevSecOps initiatives and developer education that reduced attack surface and improved operational resilience. Currently driving API architecture and team leadership at Félix after recent roles modernizing corporate banking APIs at Remessa Online and building webhook/microservice security at Appen. He combines academic rigor with pragmatic delivery—often translating research insights into production-ready defenses.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering - MEng Cybersecurity, Master of Engineering - MEng Cybersecurity at Universidade de Brasília
English, Portuguese
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Github Skills (111)
javascript10
nodejs10
react-native10
react10
electricity9
browser9
compiler9
authentication9
nextjs9
css9
usd9
react-native-image8
lambda8
hybrid8
vercel8
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
ZKDevs/dockerfiles
Sep 2023 - Feb 2026
A home for usefull docker images
Contributions:1 review, 41 PRs, 89 pushes in 2 years 5 months
docker-imagedockerdockerimages
zerbinidamata/pomofeed
Jul 2019 - Oct 2019
This is an Open Source project that aims to create a Pomodoro Timer app with feedbacks on top of React Native
Contributions:35 PRs, 70 pushes, 4 branches in 3 months
feedbacksreactpomodororeact-nativepomodoro-timer
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