Raúl Portugués del Peño

Raúl Portugués del Peño

Software Engineer II at Microsoft

Product-focused Software Engineer passionate about making technology simple and impactful in people’s lives.

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Experience

Software Engineer II

Microsoft (2025 - Present)

Researched and prototyped key features for the new Copilot Search native experience, driving architectural decisions adopted by the team. Implemented extensive testing and monitoring of a new endpoint in the Bing backend.

Software Engineer

Microsoft (2024 - 2025)

Core contributor to a new Bing backend endpoint powering a native Maps application (.NET, C#), ensuring production readiness. Also, made contributions to the iOS native app codebase.

Cloud Solutions Architect

Microsoft (2022 - 2024)

Worked closely with main European customers to design and improve their architecture in Azure as part of the international Customer Success Unit.

Software Engineer Intern

Arbor Fintech (2022 - 2022)

Implemented SSO auth for internal CRM, improved microservices with containerization, and rebuilt the AWS infrastructure using Terraform.