Contact
Barcelona, Spain
panthro.rafael@gmail.com
www.linkedin.com/in/panthro
(LinkedIn)
rafaelroman.com (Personal)
Top Skills
Kotlin
Apache Kafka
Solution Architecture
Languages
Portuguese (Full Professional)
Spanish (Full Professional)
English (Full Professional)
Catalan (Elementary)
Rafael Roman
Principal Engineer at Personio | Entrepreneur | Tech Polyglot | ex
N26 | ex IBM
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Summary
Principal Software Engineer specialised in JVM; pivotal in building
5+ international banks. Currently shaping Europe's fintech at N26.
Multilingual & Public speaker: & Catalan
&
- Backend & Mobile Development: Fluent in JVM languages; handson with Flutter.
- Broad Tech Expertise: Embrace diverse challenges & technologies.
- Side Projects: Developed & maintain an app with 2.5k+ daily active
users.
Certifications
Sun Certified Java Programmer
Publications
TEDx Talk about Artificial
Intelligence - Spanish
- Pivotal in building 5+ international banks.
- Global Experience: Origin - Brazil | Current - Barcelona .
:
Spanning giants like IBM to dynamic startups; currently at Europe's
top fintech, N26.
️
Kafka Summit (2023)
TEDx talk about AI in (2019)
Multiple meetups since 2017
Multiple internal company talks
:
Fluent English
Portuguese
Spanish
Catalan
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Experienced in guiding engineering teams and managing
stakeholders.
❤️
Driven by innovation and technology. It's more than a job; it's a
calling.
Experience
Personio
Principal Engineer
March 2024 - Present (2 months)
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
N26
4 years 3 months
Principal Engineer
March 2021 - January 2024 (2 years 11 months)
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
In my role as a Principal Engineer at N26, I've been instrumental in shaping
the technology landscape and delivering architectural visions for critical areas
within the company.
( 2021 - 2022):
Supported over four different departments, with a primary focus on Payments
(including bank and peer-to-peer transfers) and Customer Acquisition.
Delivered the architectural vision for these two areas, guiding their strategic
direction for the next two years.
( 2022):
Transitioned to leading the charge in Financial Crime Prevention, where I
initiated a groundbreaking project.
Within six months, introduced cutting-edge technologies that completely
revolutionized our fraud prevention methods.
Technical Lead
November 2019 - March 2021 (1 year 5 months)
Barcelona Area, Spain
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As a Tech Lead at N26, I spearheaded the design and development of a
mission-critical fee charging platform. This platform processes fees for all N26
customers across Europe and has become a standard feature in N26's ledger
APIs.
:
Architected and led the development of the fee charging platform from scratch.
Successfully integrated our innovative approach to internal account
transactions into N26's ledger APIs.
Streamlined fee processing operations, enhancing efficiency and regulatory
compliance.
Collaborated cross-functionally with developers, product managers, and
stakeholders to align with business goals.
GFT
Software Architect & Tech Lead
January 2015 - November 2019 (4 years 11 months)
Lleida, Spain
GFT is a leading company on providing services for financial institutions
around the world.
• Innovation: Working directly with clients to create new platforms to help
innovation inside the company.
• Architecture of Dev Tools: Creating development tools to help other teams to
succeed in their projects.
• Tutoring: Helping colleagues to grow their knowledge and keep updated.
• Leading: Leading a small team of developers on innovative projects with our
clients.
IBM
Java Tech Lead
July 2012 - January 2015 (2 years 7 months)
Home Office
• Innovation: Working directly with the IBM innovation Lab, creating production
ready prototypes.
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• Team Leading: Leading a team of developers to create a new software to
detect and prevent the leakage of confidential information inside IBM.
• Architecture: Helping the project leadership with architectural decisions.
• Helping other teams: Was one of the key person in the branch to help other
teams and projects technically.
GFT Technologies AG
3 years 7 months
Mobile Software Engineer
June 2011 - July 2012 (1 year 2 months)
Mobile Applications specialist, creation of internal tools and frameworks for
agile mobile development.
Web Applications architect and technology team lead.
Internal technology consultant in other areas of expertise.
Part of in house innovation team and Applied Technologies.
Software Engineer
January 2009 - June 2011 (2 years 6 months)
Development of Rich Internet Applications in an international environment.
• Technology: Javascript (Tibco General Interface), Java, SQL, XML, XSTL,
SOA, Web Services.
• Key person: Became a key person to the project and to the technology (tibco
general interface) inside the company
Johnson Controls
Intern
2008 - 2008 (less than a year)
ESAMC
Intern
February 2006 - November 2007 (1 year 10 months)
Education
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FATEC Sorocaba
System Analysis, Information Technology · (2005 - 2009)
Escola Técnica Estadual - Fernando Prestes
Computers Technician, Software Development · (2002 - 2003)
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