Fifteen years, end to end.
NeuralCraft TechnologiesDesign, architecture and delivery of high-impact AI and software solutions for businesses across North America — combining deep technical expertise with a product-focused mindset to turn complex ideas into intelligent, scalable, secure systems.
An ongoing engagement with a client that can’t be named — multiple AI projects spanning agents, orchestration, retrieval and the infrastructure beneath them. The most AI-intensive work of the practice so far; details withheld under NDA.
Led cross-functional pod teams on technical planning, architectural design and hands-on code for cloud-native financial platforms — spending, savings, investing and mortgage — serving 1.3M+ customers nationwide. Neo reached unicorn status in 2022 and was named Canada’s fastest-growing company in 2024 by the Globe and Mail and Deloitte.
Self-founded consultancy delivering the full project lifecycle — discovery, technical strategy, architecture and development — for clients including AmiGo, HBO (with North Kingdom), Modo Carts and Citifyd (both with Ziba Design).
Led a cross-functional team while writing production code daily — real-time parking availability, reservation systems, contactless payments, and AI vehicle recognition correlating vehicles to accounts and lot access. Worked directly with founder Sohrab Vossoughi.
Built the scalable backend services and APIs powering Citifyd’s smart-mobility platform — deeply involved in system design, performance tuning, debugging and code quality across the platform.
Ziba DesignLed full-stack development of Modo Carts — a responsive, data-driven platform with a real-time back office for product usage and logistics. Ziba is the consultancy behind iconic work for Intel, Nike, FedEx and Microsoft; successful delivery led to a referral into Citifyd.
HBO · North KingdomBackend for the Lovecraft Country launch campaign: lightweight, high-performance systems with RESTful and real-time socket APIs, secure authentication flows and dynamic content delivery under high-traffic conditions.
AmiGo TravelLed backend services and APIs for a community-driven travel platform — real-time, location-based features, personalized travel guides and social sharing, with Google Maps and Foursquare integrations.
Claro BrasilPromoted to technical leadership across NOW Online, a confidential initiative and NOW Kids — research, planning, architecture, API and system design, and the full development lifecycle, driving best practices in quality, performance, automation, security and cloud strategy.
Claro BrasilLed development of a confidential initiative and the NOW Kids platform end-to-end — research, planning, architecture, implementation and maintenance, with high standards enforced through reviews, performance optimization and security enhancements.
Concrete Solutions → AccentureWorked on Itaú’s B2B solution — development, research, testing, security and performance. Specifically invited to the project after previous success delivering for Itaú at CI&T; later accepted an architect role at Claro.
CI&TEnd-to-end software development — research, planning, design, testing, security, performance and cloud integration — delivering for Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Santander and Itaú (B2C banking).
Samsung Electronics · SiDiDeveloped native applications for Samsung mobile devices — Android, Tizen, Java and C/C++ — at SiDi, the Samsung Institute for Development of Informatics.
IBMSystems support and monitoring for IBM AS/400 and Mainframe environments (z/OS & z/VM) — DB2, RPG and COBOL — supporting key accounts including American Express, American Airlines, Allianz and Case New Holland.
Built and delivered.
CLARO BRASIL2017 — 2020CLARO BRASIL2017 — 2020CLARO BRASILCONFIDENTIALHBO2020ZIBA DESIGN2020DISROOPT2020CI&T2016 — 2017CONCRETE2017CI&T2016 — 2017
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CI&T · SANTANDER2016 — 2017In their words.
Raul is very organized, professional and always on time with his deliverables. He’s a creative problem solver and collaborates well with designers to understand and execute their vision. He did a great job doing both frontend and backend development for us.
It has been a pleasure working with Raul — he’s proactive, thorough, accurate, organized and delivered an exceptional product.