Ricardo Garcia
Platform Engineering Lead @RVezy
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WORK HISTORY
Platform Engineering Lead @RVezy
As Platform Engineering Lead at RVezy (RV rental marketplace operating across US & Canada), I own the reliability, scalability, governance, and cost-efficiency of our cloud platform supporting revenue-generating systems.Key Impact & Leadership:• Lead platform strategy across multiple AWS accounts (DEV, Staging, PROD), managing EKS clusters, Karpenter autoscaling, and cloud governance standards.• Drove FinOps initiatives reducing cloud waste and improving cost visibility across engineering teams.• Designed multi-nodepool Kubernetes architecture (spot/on-demand mix) to optimize reliability vs cost.• Implemented Infrastructure as Code using Terraform/Terragrunt blueprints, enabling scalable and reproducible environments.• Elevated Developer Experience (DevX) by standardizing CI/CD templates and self-service infrastructure workflows.• Strengthened observability with Datadog, proactive monitoring, and production incident mitigation.• Led cross-team collaboration between backend, mobile, and DevOps engineers to support revenue systems.• Improved platform reliability, scalability, and deployment velocity across critical services.Focus Areas:Cloud Governance | FinOps | EKS Architecture | DevEx | CI/CD | Observability | Platform Reliability | Cost Optimization
EDUCATION
Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas
Information Systems
ABOUT RICARDO GARCIA
I’m a Platform Engineering Lead with a strong focus on engineering leadership, platform reliability, and sustainable cloud operations.My role goes beyond infrastructure and tooling. I lead platform initiatives by aligning technical decisions with business priorities, guiding teams through complex trade-offs, and creating an environment where engineers can focus on delivering product value with confidence.Over the past year, I led cross-functional efforts to improve cloud efficiency and governance across AWS and GCP. These initiatives emphasized long-term sustainability, predictable costs, and operational discipline — while maintaining a stable, highly available platform.I believe effective platform leadership is often quiet. When teams are not blocked by infrastructure, incidents are rare, and costs remain under control, it’s usually the result of intentional decisions, clear ownership, and consistent execution.I enjoy mentoring engineers, setting technical direction, and acting as a trusted partner to engineering managers, product leaders, and executives. My goal is to build platforms — and teams — that scale responsibly as organizations grow. Areas of leadership and focus:• Platform & DevOps Leadership • Engineering Management & Mentorship • Cloud Governance & Cost Optimization (FinOps) • Kubernetes & Cloud Platforms (AWS, GCP) • Technical Strategy & Decision-Making • Reliability, Scalability & Operational Excellence • Developer Experience & Enablement
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