Rodrigo Do Nascimento
Co-Founder Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Rocket.Chat
Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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Rodrigo Do Nascimento is the co-founder and CTO of Rocket.Chat with 13 years of software engineering experience, based in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. He leads development of a privacy-first, open-source team communications platform and helped launch the Rocket.Chat Marketplace to enable rich app integrations and customization for both self-managed and cloud deployments. He is a hands-on full‑stack engineer who ships back-end APIs, Electron desktop features, and messaging adapters while also stewarding scalability and security across the stack. An active open-source contributor, Rodrigo has made substantive framework-level changes to projects like Meteor (async hooks and mongo driver updates) and improved core messaging adapters, reflecting deep expertise in server-side architecture, real-time systems, and developer ecosystems. Prior startups and consulting work (Carddi, Caife, Konecty) round out his profile with practical experience in Node.js, MongoDB, ExtJS, AWS and mobile development.
14 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bacharelado, Sistemas de Informação, Bacharelado, Sistemas de Informação at FACCAT - Faculdades Integradas de Taquara
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Github contributions (5)
RocketChat/Rocket.Chat
May 2015 - Jan 2023
The communications platform that puts data protection first.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & API Engineer
Back-end Developer & API EngineerContributions:152 releases, 384 reviews, 4493 commits in 7 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Rodrigo primarily worked on adding functionality to the back-end of the application. They implemented features to modify user settings and add to the application's API, focusing on the creation, updating, and verification of data. In addition, the user was involved in the creation of new API endpoints for integrations with other applications and services.
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RocketChat/Rocket.Chat.Electron
Jul 2015 - May 2017
Official OSX, Windows, and Linux Desktop Clients for Rocket.Chat
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:44 releases, 3 reviews, 387 commits in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Rodrigo primarily contributed to the Electron-based desktop client for Rocket.Chat, focusing on the user interface and application behavior. Their work included adding and modifying features related to notifications and tray management, such as setting badges, handling window visibility, and integrating a system tray. They also implemented features to open external links in the system browser and improved the general functionality of the application, including handling of URL's, OAuth services, and server switching.
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