Full Stack Developer with 7+ years of experience building scalable web applications across healthcare, fintech, and SaaS platforms. Skilled across React, Vue, and Angular on the frontend, and Python (Django, Flask) and Node.js on the backend, with strong expertise in PostgreSQL and RESTful API design. Experienced integrating AI-powered features into production systems, including LLM-backed conversational interfaces and recommendation engines, alongside real-time data delivery via WebSockets. Track record of improving performance and reliability at scale, including leading a team of 6 engineers on a healthcare SaaS platform processing 10,000+ daily transactions.
Looking for a job
Rafael Candido
@rafaelcandido
I am a full stack developer with 7+ years of experience building scalable web applications across healthcare, fintech, and SaaS platforms.
BrazilExperience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
PR
Current
Full Stack Developer
ProntDental
Sep 2024 - Present (2 years)
- Maintained and enhanced a dental practice management system used by 7 dental practices/professionals
- Developed 30+ new features to meet evolving dental market requirements
- Implemented integrations with 5 third-party APIs and external systems
- Managed CI/CD pipelines , maintaining 30% uptime
- Optimized database queries, reducing average query response time by 15%
Lead Developer
BeCoders
Aug 2022 - Sep 2024 (2 years 1 month)
- Led team of 6 engineers building healthcare SaaS platform processing 10,000+ daily transactions
- Integrated AI-powered features: predictive analytics, intelligent workflow recommendations, and conversational data querying via LLM-backed natural language interface
- Designed semantic data layer and API architecture enabling AI models to query complex healthcare data reliably
Full Stack Developer
Hibot Chat
Feb 2021 - Jul 2022 (1 year 5 months)
- Developed backend APIs and React frontend components for a real-time dashboard with data visualization features
- Implemented real-time data delivery using WebSockets for live dashboard updates
- Reduced API response times by 30% through performance tuning
- Designed and maintained scalable, service-oriented endpoints on AWS, ensuring consistent system uptime across integrated services
Backend Developer
Buzzlabs
Feb 2019 - Jan 2021 (1 year 11 months)
- Developed backend REST APIs (Python: Django/Flask) and PostgreSQL data models powering React, Vue
- Designed RESTful services with authentication, versioning, and documentation, following conventions directly transferable to Node.js/Fastify and .NET service design
- Processed 100,000+ records daily with robust error handling, monitoring, and semantic data modeling
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Universidade Paulista
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science & Mathematics
2015 - 2018
Activities and societies: Relevant Coursework: Advanced Web Development, Cloud Computing, Software Engineering.
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Mathematics from Universidade Paulista, completed in 2018.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Availability
Looking for a job
Location
BrazilAuthorized to work in
Salary expectations
65k-75k USD
Social media
Job categories
Skills
PythonJavaScriptTypeScriptSQLReactVue.JsNext.jsAngularReduxHTML5Node.Js DevelopmentNestJSExpressDjangoFlaskFastify.NETRESTful API DesignPostgreSQLMongoDBMySQLMSSQLRedisRedshiftDockerAWSAzureCI CDGitWebSocketsAsynchronous ProgrammingAI LLM IntegrationPredictive AnalyticsPrompt EngineeringSemantic Data ModelingChatGptOpenAIUnit TestingIntegration TestingAgileScrumTechnical LeadershipSQL OptimizationData ModelingWorkflow AutomationSystem ObservabilityPerformance OptimizationNodeJSReact VueVue NextCursor
Interested in hiring Rafael?
You can contact Rafael and 90k+ other talented remote workers on Himalayas.
Message RafaelGet matched with your dream remote job
Sign up now and join over 250,000+ remote workers who receive personalized job alerts, curated job matches, and more for free!
