Ricardo Domingos
About Ricardo Domingos
Ricardo Domingos is a Senior Platform Engineer currently working at Airbnb in Berlin, Germany. He has extensive experience in software engineering, having held various roles at companies such as HotelTonight, Fyber, and Hite, and he holds a Bachelor of Computer Science degree.
Current Role at HotelTonight
Ricardo Domingos serves as a Senior Platform Engineer at HotelTonight, a position he has held since 2019. In this role, he leads the Infrastructure pod, where he is responsible for planning and reporting goals to management. His work focuses on enhancing the platform's reliability and efficiency, contributing to the overall success of the organization.
Experience at Airbnb
Ricardo has been with Airbnb since 2021, currently working as a Senior Software Engineer in Berlin, Germany. His contributions include creating tooling to enhance engineers' productivity and security. He also participated in IPO readiness initiatives and integrated Hashicorp Vault across various projects to improve security measures.
Previous Positions in Software Development
Before his tenure at Airbnb, Ricardo worked at several companies in various roles. He was a Software Developer at Fyber from 2015 to 2016 and later became a Tech Lead there from 2017 to 2018. He also held a position as a Senior Software Engineer at COUP Mobility for 11 months in 2018 and 2019. His early career included co-founding Hite from 2013 to 2015 and working as a Developer at SuaConta from 2011 to 2012.
Education and Background
Ricardo Domingos earned a Bachelor of Computer Science from Faculdade Pitagoras, where he studied from 2007 to 2011. His education provided a foundation in computer science, logic, and development, which he has applied throughout his professional career in various engineering roles.
Technical Contributions and Initiatives
Throughout his career, Ricardo has led significant technical initiatives. At Fyber, he planned and led the migration of AWS cloud infrastructure, including the CI/CD pipeline. He also refactored legacy inventory updates to integrate newer third-party providers and migrated them to Kafka. At Airbnb, he drove initiatives to improve web security by setting up a Web Application Firewall (WAF).