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Rafael T.

Senior Software Engineer​

Experience

10 years

Availability

Immediately upon request​ ​

Education

  • PhD, Computer EngineeringDistributed technologies in identity management: An approach to enhancing security and privacy
  • MSc in new technologies in computer science Network and Telematics
  • BSc in Computer Science Information Technologies

Languages

  • Spanish native
  • English fluent

Hobbies

Experience

A DevOps & Cloud Engineer with 10 years of experience, specializing in CI/CD, cloud automation, and backend development. Possesses expertise in Google Cloud, AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, and Terraform. Responsibilities include developing REST APIs, automation scripts, and infrastructure solutions, with a tech stack that integrates Golang, TypeScript, Python, and PostgreSQL. Holds a PhD in Computer Engineering and has a strong background in security, privacy, and identity management—skills that support a unique ability to bridge development, operations, and research-driven innovation.

Senior Software Engineer at Cactus 03/2022 – till now

Multidisciplinary. Develop functionality in a variety of environments. We range from hardware-specific development to user-level applications. The management of continuous deployment/integration processes and component testing is another important part of the project. Flow management is done through GitlabCI and we add automated testing of final components and applications, reducing the need for manual testing to a minimum. REST API development Typescript. Functionality development Golang, Shell-script. Automation testing and CI/CD flows. Google Cloud, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Docker, VSCode, Shell-Script, Gitlab pipelines, Amazon AWS, Python, MQTT.

DevOps & Cloud Engineer with 10 years of experience, specializing in CI/CD, cloud automation, and backend development. xpertise in Google Cloud, AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, and Terraform. He develops REST APIs, automation scripts, and infrastructure solutions, integrating Golang, TypeScript, Python, and PostgreSQL. With a PhD in Computer Engineering, he has a strong background in security, privacy, and identity management, making him highly skilled in bridging development, operations, and research-based innovation.

Senior Researcher at University of Murcia 09/2016 – 08/2022

A combination that includes theoretical research on aspects of digital identity, privacy, and anonymity together with the technical implementation of different solutions as proofs of concept resulting from the theoretical research. The aim is to demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed solutions and to carry out different pilots to obtain a stable and valid commercial implementation. Architecture development and research. Solution development through PoCs. Scientific Journals publications. Customer/partner meetings to align requisites. Public events symposiums for dissemination. All related to security, privacy, and identity.

iOS Developer at Leverade 11/2014 – 02/2017

Fully development-oriented. The aim was to produce from scratch a set of mobile applications for iOS that would complete the ecosystem provided by the web service and the Android apps. These applications must improve the usability and user experience to replace previous old-fashioned version that lacks functionality. Additionally, the project also involved the backend and some system administration tasks. Develop iOS apps (Objective-C, swift). Develop backend functionality (PHP, bash-script). Testing and QA. DevOps. Xcode, Docker, Google Cloud, Git, VSCode.

Technologies

Languages

Java, TypeScript​, PL/SQL, Rust​, Android​, Objective-C​, Swift ​, Golang​, C, C++, Python

Databases

PostgreSQL, MariaDB, Oracle, MongoDB

Frameworks & Libraries

Node.js, Vue.js

Methodologies

Agile (Scrum), DevOps

Development Tools

Git, VSCode, IntelliJ, Eclipse, SmartGit, Terraform, Docker, Docker-Compose, TablePlus, PostMan, Kubernetes

Cloud Providers

OpenStack, Google Cloud, AWS

Operating Systems

Linux, OSX, Windows, Windows Server, Containers

Others

GitLab CI, gRPCHashiCorp Vault, Terraform, Microservices, Retrofit, Jenkins, Multithreading, Protobuff, REST API