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👋 Hi, I’m Rafael Carrascal Reyes

Backend Engineer • Ruby on Rails Specialist • Fintech & Insurance Tech Builder

📨 rcarrascal@gmail.com • 🔗 LinkedIn • 🌐 Portfolio

🚀 About Me

Passionate Backend Engineer with 8+ years building scalable financial and insurance technology systems using Ruby on Rails, Java, and microservices. I thrive in full product lifecycles — from architecture and PostgreSQL design to Dockerized deployments and CI/CD pipelines. Strong believer in clean code, RSpec testing, Agile/Scrum, and DevOps culture.

✅ Core Stack: Ruby on Rails • Java • PostgreSQL • Docker • Linux • RSpec • RabbitMQ
✅ Domains: Fintech • Insurance Tech • Microservices • API Development • Legacy Modernization

📊 GitHub Stats & Languages

Rafael Carrascal Reyes - GitHub Metrics

💼 Professional Experience (Last 5 Roles)

Period Role Company Key Contributions & Impact
Jun 2023 – Present Ruby Back-End Developer Monokera (Fintech) Built scalable Rails services for financial products • Containerized apps with Docker • PostgreSQL schema design • Managed sprints via Jira in Linux env • Full SDLC ownership
Jan 2021 – Jun 2023 Software Engineer Encora Inc. Developed core modules for digital loan platform • Ruby on Rails backend • Agile/Scrum delivery • Fintech domain expertise
Jan 2020 – Nov 2020 Ruby on Rails Developer Freelancer.com Delivered production Rails apps for CINTE Iberia • Recognized as “Golden Professional” • Tech: Ruby, Java, JS, Shopify, Liquid
Jan 2019 – Dec 2019 Sr. Ruby on Rails Developer Grupo Ditech (InsurTech) Architected microservices for insurance startup • Integrated RabbitMQ for async comms • Led grooming, testing, Git workflows in Scrum
Mar 2015 – Dec 2018 Sr. Software Engineer Freelancer.com Full-stack MVPs for startups (Rails, Angular, Ionic) • DevOps: Codeship, Mina • Infrastructure: Linux + Nginx • Legacy system modernization

🏆 Certifications

Google Cloud - Generative AI Introduction to Generative AI – Google Cloud
Issued: Dec 2023

Coursera - Digital Competition in Financial Services Digital Competition in Financial Services – Copenhagen Business School
Issued: Apr 2023

Coursera - FinTech and the Transformation in Financial Services FinTech and the Transformation in Financial Services – Copenhagen Business School
Issued: Mar 2023

CloudAMQP - RabbitMQ Training RabbitMQ Training Course – CloudAMQP
Issued: Apr 2023

University of Michigan - Database Architecture Database Architecture, Scale, and NoSQL with Elasticsearch – University of Michigan
Issued: Oct 2022

University of Virginia - Continuous Delivery & DevOps Continuous Delivery & DevOps – University of Virginia
Issued: Aug 2022

UC Davis - DevOps Culture DevOps Culture and Mindset – UC Davis
Issued: Aug 2022

Coursera - Jenkins Automation Jenkins: Automating your delivery pipeline – Coursera
Issued: Jul 2022

Macquarie University - Storytelling & Influence Storytelling and Influencing: Communicate with Impact – Macquarie University
Issued: Jan 2022

Educative - Web Application Security Web Application Security for the Everyday Software Engineer – Educative
Issued: Mar 2021

🛠️ Tools & Technologies

Backend & Frameworks

Ruby on Rails Ruby Java Kotlin

Databases & Messaging

PostgreSQL Elasticsearch RabbitMQ

DevOps & Infrastructure

Docker Linux Nginx Git Jenkins Jira

Testing & CI/CD

RSpec Codeship Mina

Code Review & Collaboration

GitHub Pull Request Reviewer AI-Assisted Developer

🎓 Education

Universidad del Cauca
Engineer’s Degree, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering

📬 Let’s Build Something Great

I’m open to backend engineering roles, Fintech/InsurTech projects, freelance collaborations, and open-source contributions.

👉 Email: rcarrascal@gmail.com
👉 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/racar
👉 Portfolio: racar.github.io

“Engineering reliable systems that empower financial inclusion — one line of clean code at a time.”

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