Raymund Rafael
Director Of Software Engineering at First Mate Technologies
Quezon City, Philippines
Summary
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Top SchoolRaymund Rafael is a Director of Software Engineering based in Quezon City with eight years of experience leading client-facing teams and shipping performant web platforms. He combines an MBA with hands-on technical leadership—coaching tech leads, optimizing CI/CD pipelines, and driving front-end modernizations that boosted page speed and deployment times dramatically. He has led projects for enterprise clients like Sun Life and Samsung, steered frontend roadmaps for startups such as Contact Creatives and Visible Voices, and founded a venture, Mento, while scaling engineering organizations. Known for translating business goals into technical execution, he partners closely with executives and clients to ensure delivery quality, stability, and long-term satisfaction. A practical mentor and systems optimizer, he has a track record of mentoring engineers, improving KPIs, and presenting engineering updates to leadership. An interesting detail: he paired his MBA research with real product work—producing an HR management case study presented to a startup CEO and board.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Master of Business Administration - MBA at Ateneo Graduate School of BusinessBachelor of Science - BS Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Engineering at University of the Philippines
Github Skills (5)
mongodb7
nodejs6
discord5
retail5
queuing4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
RayAdrian/DiscordQueueBot
Apr 2019 - Jan 2026
A game queueing bot for discord
Contributions:5 releases, 23 reviews, 74 PRs in 6 years 9 months
discordqueuing
RayAdrian/apollo-cif
Apr 2021 - Jul 2025
Contributions:2 pushes in 4 years 3 months
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