Rodrigo Do Nascimento
Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Rocket.Chat
Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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Rodrigo Do Nascimento is a seasoned technology leader and co-founder serving as CTO of Rocket.Chat, the leading open-source team communication platform used across education, finance, government and nonprofits. With 14 years of experience building full-stack systems, he combines hands-on backend and API engineering with front-end Electron client work, shipping features from integrations and OAuth flows to desktop notifications and tray behavior. Rodrigo co-founded Rocket.Chat in 2015 and helped launch its Marketplace, enabling a vibrant app ecosystem and extensibility through plugins and integrations. His open-source contributions extend beyond Rocket.Chat into core platforms like Meteor, where he improved async account hooks and database driver compatibility. Comfortable leading architecture, product-facing engineering and cloud infrastructure, he also has entrepreneurial roots founding Carddi and a consulting firm that delivered Node.js, Meteor and mobile solutions. Based in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, he’s passionate about secure collaboration tools and pragmatic open-source growth.
14 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bacharelado Sistemas de Informação, Bacharelado Sistemas de Informação at Fundação Educacional Encosta Inferior do Nordeste
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Github Skills (32)
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hubot10
javascript10
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electron10
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api-design10
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Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
RocketChat/Rocket.Chat
May 2015 - Jan 2023
The communications platform that puts data protection first.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & API Engineer
Back-end Developer & API EngineerContributions:152 releases, 384 reviews, 4493 commits in 7 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Rodrigo primarily worked on adding functionality to the back-end of the application. They implemented features to modify user settings and add to the application's API, focusing on the creation, updating, and verification of data. In addition, the user was involved in the creation of new API endpoints for integrations with other applications and services.
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RocketChat/Rocket.Chat.Electron
Jul 2015 - May 2017
Official OSX, Windows, and Linux Desktop Clients for Rocket.Chat
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:44 releases, 3 reviews, 387 commits in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Rodrigo primarily contributed to the Electron-based desktop client for Rocket.Chat, focusing on the user interface and application behavior. Their work included adding and modifying features related to notifications and tray management, such as setting badges, handling window visibility, and integrating a system tray. They also implemented features to open external links in the system browser and improved the general functionality of the application, including handling of URL's, OAuth services, and server switching.
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