Rey Rodrigues
Software Engineer at Relay Payments
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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SeniorRey Rodrigues is a seasoned software engineer with 11 years building N-tier distributed systems and web applications across startups, public service, and NGOs. Based in New York, he has led architecture and delivery efforts from grant-management platforms at the International Rescue Committee to payments and infrastructure work at Relay Payments and Urbint. Rey blends hands-on backend development (including JWT/Passport authentication and org-sync work on the open-source Spoke mass-SMS project) with product-focused engineering that optimizes for low-bandwidth and high-reliability environments. He has a track record of turning messy, mission-critical processes into streamlined, automated systems that scale across teams and geographies. Equally comfortable shipping features and improving deployment pipelines, Rey brings pragmatic engineering leadership and a bias for measurable performance gains.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Spanish, English, Portuguese
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Github Skills (14)
authentication10
nodejs10
javascript10
user-authentication10
passportjs10
jwt10
expressjs9
react4
react-redux4
sms-messages3
twilio3
rethinkdb-go3
sms3
rethinkdb3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
ProgressiveCoders/Spoke
Jun 2022 - Jul 2022
mass-contact text/SMS distribution tool
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:10 commits in 1 month
Contributions summary:Rey primarily focused on implementing and integrating authentication mechanisms within the application. They added support for delegated authentication using Passport JWT and also added organization syncing features. The user further enhanced the authentication flow by incorporating token-based login and improving the handling of user information within the JWT payload, also creating tools to test these features.
smstwilioreactreact-reduxrethinkdb
theirc/rapidpro
Feb 2016 - Jun 2016
Contributions:64 commits, 1 push in 4 months
scalableorganizationsrapidpromessaging
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