Available for opportunities Senior Software Engineer at Dell Technologies
Air Force veteran → Real estate broker → Self-taught coder → Software engineer. Family man, lifelong learner, and builder of things. I specialize in DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and Hashicorp Vault at enterprise scale.
name: Raul C. Peña
role: Sr. Software Engineer @ Dell
founder: BrokerMade
focus: DevOps, Vault, CI/CD
location: Georgetown, TX
Go, Python, TypeScript
Kubernetes, Docker, Ansible
Hashicorp Vault, CI/CD
Machine Learning, Data Science
From serving my country to serving clients to serving code — my path proves it's never too late to reinvent yourself.
Hashicorp Vault, Kubernetes, Docker, Jenkins, Ansible
Go, Python, TypeScript, Shell, SQL
Machine Learning, Apache Airflow, Data Pipelines
Real estate websites, made by a broker
BrokerMade offers polished, conversion-focused website templates built specifically for real estate agents — designed by a broker who's been in the trenches. Professional, ready-to-launch sites with no web-design skills required. Founded and run by Raul C. Peña.
Jul 2026
Save recipes from anywhere on the web
Feastmark is a recipe-saving app for iOS that lets you bookmark, organize, and access your favorite recipes from across the web — all in one place.
Apr 2026
Personal site and portfolio
A fast, accessible personal website built with Astro and Tailwind CSS. Features dark mode, SEO optimization, MDX-powered content, and excellent performance scores.
Jan 2024
Strategic debt payoff calculator
PayoffPilot helps you compare Snowball vs. Avalanche debt payoff methods, track payments, simulate scenarios, and set reminders. Features modern iOS design, privacy-first approach with on-device data storage, and optional encrypted iCloud sync.
Jan 2024
Thoughts on software engineering, DevOps, and lessons learned along the way.
It was a long night of troubleshooting, and there I was, staring at a screen full of error messages from a GitHub Actions pipeline that just wouldn’t coopera...
May 6, 2026
Read moreAfter 15 years in real estate, I taught myself to code at 40. Here's what I wish someone had told me about late career transitions into tech.
February 2, 2026
Read moreLessons from building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines at Dell Technologies—what works, what doesn't, and the mistakes that taught me the most.
January 29, 2026
Read moreWhether you have a project in mind or just want to chat about tech, I'd love to hear from you.