Motorway
Rafael Cidade is a highly experienced Senior Backend Engineer at Motorway since May 2022, with prior experience as a Backend Engineer at Pillar from April 2018 to May 2022. Before transitioning to software engineering, Rafael served as a Researcher at Composites Laboratory (COPPE/UFRJ) from June 2007 to April 2019, leading a laboratory team on consulting projects and developing testing matrices for composite materials. As a co-founder of SIM - Soluções Inteligentes em Materiais from January 2008 to September 2011, Rafael developed an image processing software for microscopic image analysis and contributed to business planning. Educational qualifications include a Doctor of Science in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering from Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, complemented by a split-site doctorate in Composite Materials from Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, a Master of Science in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, and a Bachelor of Engineering in Materials Engineering, all achieved at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro.