Willy Raffel
Senior Software Development Engineer - EC2 Nitro (AWS Compute) at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolWilly Raffel is a seasoned software engineering leader with 13+ years of experience building scalable web and cloud systems, currently driving EC2 Nitro work at AWS. He has a track record of launching high-impact AWS products—including Trusted Advisor Priority—and architecting internal platforms that reduce noise and save customers significant cost while improving reliability. Willy blends hands-on coding, systems and kernel-level understanding, and cross-team architecture to unblock complex projects and mentor engineering leaders. Earlier in his career he led rapid-growth e-commerce and telecom engineering teams in Brazil, implementing CI/CD, migrations to AWS, and 3 Black Fridays without downtime. A self-taught coder who began with rom-hacking at 13, he later closed formal theory gaps with a Computer Science degree and contributes to notable open-source projects like Ansible. Based in Seattle, he combines deep operational troubleshooting with a practical focus on scalability, performance tuning and developer productivity.
13 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at UNIBTA - Centro Universitário
English, Portuguese, Italian
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Github Skills (25)
apim10
python10
package-development10
plugin-development10
pushbullet10
api10
ansible10
error-handling10
ansible-galaxy10
drupal-module10
api-design9
compatible9
compatibility9
testing8
documentation7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
ansible/ansible-modules-extras
Jan 2015 - Apr 2016
Ansible extra modules - these modules ship with ansible
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Back-end Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:2 PRs, 8 comments in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Willy primarily contributed to the development and maintenance of an Ansible module for Pushbullet notifications. Their work involved implementing the core logic for sending notifications, including handling different notification types (note, link), and integrating with the Pushbullet API. The user also addressed error handling, API key validation, and ensured compatibility, especially with Python 2.6. Furthermore, they refactored the code to align with Ansible module conventions, such as removing unnecessary `changed` flags and using more robust option parsing.
ansibleship
ansible/ansible
Jan 2015 - May 2015
Ansible is a radically simple IT automation platform that makes your applications and systems easier to deploy and maintain. Automate everything from code deployment to network configuration to cloud management, in a language that approaches plain English, using SSH, with no agents to install on remote systems. https://docs.ansible.com.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:5 commits, 2 comments in 3 months
Contributions summary:Willy contributed to the Ansible project by developing a module for sending notifications via Pushbullet. The user implemented the `pushbullet` module, enabling users to send push notifications to channels or devices. Furthermore, the user updated the module by refactoring option checks and addressing compatibility issues with Python versions, specifically targeting Python 2.6, along with handling API errors. The user also removed redundant code and ensured the module's adherence to established conventions.
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