Brian Racca
Brian Racca

Technical Lead Backend Engineer

Actively looking · Member since 25 Jun 2026
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Location
Portugal
Desired salary
from 375 USD/hourly
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Full Time
Experience level
Not set

About

Professional summary

I am a Technical Lead Backend Engineer with more than 14 years of experience building scalable products across banking, risk, compliance, and process automation. I combine hands-on engineering with technical leadership, mentoring, and a strong execution focus.

I have led teams from architecture through delivery, with recent work centered on event-driven microservices platforms, cloud-native data-intensive systems, and AI-assisted workflows in the financial sector. My background includes designing systems that are reliable, scalable, and aligned with business needs.

I work extensively with Java, Spring Boot, Python, FastAPI, React, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, RabbitMQ, and Kubernetes. I also have experience with Azure services, CI/CD pipelines, observability tools, and distributed systems patterns such as CQRS and DDD.

In my recent consulting work, I founded and led software delivery for a risk and compliance solution involving web scraping, LLMs, workflow automation, and cloud-native deployment. I also led technical strategy for a global financial crime platform, helping shape architecture, engineering practices, and delivery foundations.

Earlier in my career, I served as a Technical Lead and Engineer on enterprise automation and integration projects for retail and financial services clients. These roles strengthened my ability to design practical solutions, guide teams, and deliver complex systems in demanding environments.

I am based in Azeitão, Setúbal, Portugal, and I work remotely, hybrid, or on-site. I speak Spanish, English, and Portuguese, and I am comfortable contributing in international, cross-functional teams.

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21 capabilities

Experience

Career history

Founder & Lead Software Consultant Brian Racca Unipessoal LDA, Lisbon

Leading development of a negative news screening platform combining web scraping, LLMs, and workflow automation. Architected cloud-native deployment on Kubernetes with managed PostgreSQL, event-driven orchestration via RabbitMQ, and Redis caching. Also led technical strategy for a global financial crime platform for EY.

Technical Lead Smart Consulting, Lisbon — Client: EY

Built and led a 10+ person software factory to launch a global financial crime platform. Defined microservices architecture, API contracts, engineering practices, and CI/CD foundations.

Senior Software Developer Smart Consulting, Lisbon — Client: BNP Paribas

Enhanced the bank's corporate portal and led implementation of a mandatory EU second-factor authentication flow for secure user sessions.

Technical Lead & Engineer BPMX, Buenos Aires

Delivered process automation and integration solutions for enterprise clients across retail and financial services. Led agent onboarding workflows and designed biller registration automation.

Education

Learning history

Universidad de Belgrano

Software Engineering

Studied Software Engineering in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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