Rafael Fontenele
@rafaelrfontenele
I modernize legacy web systems and build high-performance React and Node.js applications.
What I'm looking for
At PagBank, I designed a backoffice management system that reduced product-launch effort from days or hours to minutes, and built a BFF layer to simplify data delivery across internal services.
I've spent more than 10 years modernizing legacy systems, improving frontend performance through Web Vitals analysis, and building web applications across fintech, payments, healthcare, and consulting. At Compass.uol, I helped shape a design system, led technical delivery for 20+ campaigns and 5+ products, and supported the stability and evolution of the company’s main website.
Earlier, I reduced hospital appointment cancellations by nearly 20% and led a six-engineer team while establishing a CI/CD workflow adopted by four other teams.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
- Reduced product launch costs and effort from days or hours down to just minutes by designing and implementing a backoffice management system, significantly streamlining the go-to-market process.
- Led the evolution of a legacy architecture, delivering measurable performance gains in company-wide product data sharing, smoother integration between related systems, and a notable reduction in flow m
- Designed and developed new components while actively contributing to the discussions and decisions that shaped the company's design system.
- Provided technical leadership across the successful launch of 20+ promotional campaigns and 5+ new products, ensuring quality and consistency throughout delivery.
- Led the technical operations of the sustaining team responsible for the company's main webs
-Reduced appointment cancellations by nearly 20%, improved front desk efficiency, and decreased idle time in outpatient care by refactoring the hospital's legacy appointment scheduling system.
-Designed and implemented a new blood bag management system for the entire hospital, reducing operational costs and financial losses by delivering a faster, more practical, and controlled operational workflo
- Improved delivery quality and reduced application failure rates by approximately 30% by designing and implementing a CI/CD pipeline using GitLab, Jenkins, automated testing tools, and static code analysis. A workflow later adopted by 4 others teams across the organization.
- Led a team of 6 engineers, taking ownership of task analysis, sprint organization, and workflow management to ensure consi
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Universidade Federal de Campina Grande
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science
2010 - 2015
Universidade Federal de Campina Grande
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
2010 - 2015
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, completed in 2015.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Splunk
Amazon EC2
Amazon S3
GitHub
GitLab
SonarQube
Kubernetes
Amazon CloudFront
Jenkins
Ionic
Apache Cordova
PostgreSQL
MongoDB
Microsoft SQL Server
Node.js
Spring
Next.js
Tailwind CSS
Bootstrap
Figma
Terraform
Angular 2
React
AngularJS
Webpack
JavaScript
Python
HTML5
Java
CSS 3
New Relic
Apollo
Confluence
GraphQL
TypeScript
Handlebars.js
Git
Docker
NGINX
Amazon Elastic Container Service
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
SQL
Biome
Playwright
Android
Availability
Location
Authorized to work in
Salary expectations
Social media
Skills
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