Raul Estrela
Technical Lead at Parser
Barcelona, Catalonia, Portugal
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Top SchoolRaul Estrela is a seasoned software engineering manager with over a decade of hands-on experience evolving from Java platform engineer to technical lead and now managing engineering at Parser. Based in Barcelona and originally from Portugal, he combines deep backend expertise with a pragmatic leadership style that emphasizes team resilience—he jokes he kept his soul while staying in the industry for 15 years. His career shows steady internal progression at Parser and prior roles at Critical Software and Netcentric, reflecting strength in driving delivery and mentoring engineers through growth stages. Raul holds an engineering degree in Electronic and Computer Engineering and a master’s in Software Engineering, pairing formal discipline with practical system-building. He is comfortable in complex Java-based platforms and enterprise environments, often focusing on reliable, maintainable back-end systems. Colleagues would describe him as a steady technical coach who balances craftsmanship with realistic delivery under pressure.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
IT Technical Course, Software and Computer Networks, IT Technical Course, Software and Computer Networks at Escola Secundária da MaiaEngineer's degree, Electronic and Computer Engineering, Engineer's degree, Electronic and Computer Engineering at Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto
Portuguese, English, Spanish
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Github Skills (32)
checkout10
visa10
sdk-nodejs10
payment-gateway10
dotnet10
java10
eve10
payment-processing10
sdk10
payment10
csharp10
netsuite10
api-client9
microsoft9
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Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
rsaestrela/rsaestrela.github.io
Oct 2015 - Apr 2021
Personal website written with VueJS
Contributions:5 PRs, 83 pushes, 6 branches in 5 years 6 months
vuevuejs
rsaestrela/contentx
Oct 2019 - Apr 2022
Tree content datastore implemented with RxKotlin and MongoDB reactive streams
Contributions:6 PRs, 17 pushes, 8 branches in 2 years 6 months
streamsreactive-streamsdatastorerxkotlinreactive
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