About

Full-stack software engineer with more than 2 years of experience in fintech, working with Go, Node.js, React Native, and AWS on high-scale systems. I am an M.Sc. student in Computer Science at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), where I research security in serverless environments, and a graduate student in Cloud Engineering at PUC-PR.

Experience

Wiipo (Senior Sistemas)

Remote
  • Software Engineer – present
  • Software Development Intern –
  • Worked on redesigning the processing architecture for more than 9 million monthly payslips using Go, DynamoDB (single-table design), and S3 Directory Buckets, cutting infrastructure costs by US$1,800/month and processing time by 80%.
  • Worked on upgrading React Native from 0.74 to 0.85 in an app with more than 3 million users, within the app stores’ deadline and with no service interruption.
  • Restructured the app’s payslip event architecture.
  • Became the squad’s technical reference for the payslip domain, resolving critical incidents and evolving the product.
  • Fixed vulnerabilities in the app’s authentication flow.

Lince Tech

On-site
  • Mobile Development Intern –
  • Built a Flutter app for car dealerships.
  • Worked in a team following agile methodologies.

Publications

Education

M.Sc. in Computer Science (in progress)

– present
Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC)Florianópolis, Brazil

Distributed programming, web security, API security, and AI.

Graduate Certificate in Cloud Engineering (in progress)

–
Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná (PUC-PR)Remote

Scalability, security, and integrity.

Technology Degree in Systems Analysis and Development

–
Federal Institute of Santa Catarina (IFSC)Gaspar, Brazil

Algorithms and agile methodologies.

Skills

Back-end & languages
Go, Node.js, TypeScript, JavaScript, Dart
Front-end & mobile
React Native, React, Flutter
Databases
DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Oracle
AWS
Lambda, EC2, ELB, DynamoDB, S3, CloudWatch, WAF, Fault Injection Service
Languages
Portuguese (native), English (fluent, C1)

Contact

E-mail
rafael.mendes.negocios@gmail.com
LinkedIn
linkedin.com/in/rafael-mendes123
GitHub
github.com/RafaelMendesDeveloper
CV
PDF, Portuguese (opens in a new tab)