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 (49)
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Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
rkist/resume
Mar 2013 - Apr 2021
Contributions:38 commits, 17 pushes, 1 branch in 8 years 2 months
rkist/projecteuler
Jun 2015 - Dec 2024
Contributions:199 pushes, 1 branch in 9 years 7 months
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