Raul Kist
Senior Staff Software Engineer at QuintoAndar
São Paulo, Brazil
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Top SchoolRaul Kist is a Senior Staff Software Engineer based in São Paulo with 13 years of experience building high-scale, reliable systems and a deep background in oil & gas geophysical software. He transitioned from developing high-performance HPC and C#/C++ tools for seismic and E&P platforms into cloud reliability and SRE leadership, now shaping infrastructure and platform engineering at QuintoAndar. Across progressive roles from senior engineer to Head of Engineering, he combines hands-on systems design with people leadership and operational rigor. Raul’s early work on Full Waveform Inversion and RTM tools gives him uncommon expertise in big-data scientific computing and performance optimization. He thrives at the intersection of domain-specific engineering and cloud-native reliability, bringing a pragmatic, research-informed approach to production systems. Colleagues value his ability to translate complex technical problems into scalable, maintainable solutions while mentoring engineering teams.
13 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Cadete Aviador (Brazilian Air Force Cadet) Aviation/Airway Management and Operations, Cadete Aviador (Brazilian Air Force Cadet) Aviation/Airway Management and Operations at Academia da Força Aérea - AFAEngineer Computer, Engineer Computer at Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Portuguese, English, German, Spanish, Norwegian
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Github Skills (55)
visualization9
slack9
database9
data-visualization8
data-analysis8
clojure8
analytics8
dashboard8
mysql8
postgresql8
metabase7
opentelemetry7
ceph6
memory-leak-detection6
documentation6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
rkist/Stockfish
Apr 2017 - May 2025
Contributions:2 pushes in 8 years 1 month
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rkist/projecteuler
Jun 2015 - Jul 2026
Contributions:200 pushes, 2 branches in 11 years 2 months
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