About
Rafael Petry is Co-Founder and CTO of Movley.
Founder at MovleyYC S23
Intro paths
YC
Rafael went through Y Combinator (Summer 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Jared Friedman, YC Group Partner — the partner who ran Movley's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Rafael can intro founders to Movley's investors below.
Movley's investors · 3
Co-founders at Movley
Experience
- Career BreakGap yearcurrent2026 — presentBangkok, Bangkok City, Thailand
- point.meTechnical Advisorcurrent2026 — presentGlobal
- point.mePrincipal Software Engineer2024 — 2026Global
- Movley (YC S23)Co-Founder & CTO2023 — 2024New York, NY
- withcoHead of Engineering, Founding Team2021 — 2023New York, NY
- VTSPrincipal Software Engineer2020 — 2021New York, New York, United States
- VTSStaff Software Engineer2017 — 2020New York, NY
- ThoughtWorksLead Software Engineer / Consultant2010 — 2017New York, Chicago, Porto Alegre, Recife, Pune
- Federal University of Rio Grande do SulResearch Assistant2009 — 2010Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Sun MicrosystemsCampus Ambassador2008Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Universidade Federal de PelotasResearch Assistant2006 — 2007Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Skills & more
Agile Methodologies62Ruby on Rails45Software Development35Ruby24Test Driven Development23Java23JavaScript21Git16Software Engineering15Scrum13XP11Web Development10
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Continuous IntegrationMySQLOpen SourceRESTJUnitAgile Project ManagementTomcatjQueryBDDMVCTestingUnit TestingLanguages English · Portuguese
- Business Analytics | Economics for Managers | Financial Accounting — Harvard Business School Online
- Leading with Finance — Harvard Business School Online
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Rafael Petry?
- Rafael Petry is Co-Founder and CTO of Movley.
- Where does Rafael Petry work?
- Rafael Petry is Founder of Movley.
- What companies did Rafael Petry found?
- Rafael Petry founded Movley.
- Where did Rafael Petry go to school?
- Rafael Petry studied at Y Combinator (S23); Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (M.Sc., Computer Science); Universidade Federal de Pelotas (B.Sc., Computer Science).
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