About Code Evolve
Ricardo Vergara
Software Modernization Engineer
Code Evolve was founded by Ricardo Vergara, a senior full-stack engineer with 10+ years working on production systems at IBM, Geopagos, Adeva, and RedCat Systems.
The engineer behind the work
Code Evolve was founded by Ricardo Vergara — a full-stack software engineer with over a decade of experience working on production systems for companies in Argentina, the US, and the Middle East. He has spent his career inside the kind of codebases most engineers avoid: legacy systems, fragile integrations, and software that works but can't change.
A track record built in production
Ricardo has worked as a senior engineer at IBM Argentina, Geopagos, Adeva, and RedCat Systems — accumulating experience across fintech, enterprise software, and product companies. At every engagement the focus has been the same: sound architectural decisions, incremental modernization, and shipping safely to production.
At RedCat Systems, he modernized a legacy codebase serving 4,000+ daily active users — introducing Docker containerization and CI/CD pipelines that cut production bug rates by 40%, all with a lean team. At Geopagos, he built backend features for a white-label payments platform. At Adeva, he worked within an exclusive network of senior engineers serving global clients remotely.
How Ricardo works
"Before touching a line of code, I map what's blocking the system. Most problems in legacy software aren't where people think they are." His approach is methodical: diagnose first, intervene incrementally, validate every change before the next one begins. No rewrites unless absolutely necessary. No experiments in production.
He specializes in PHP and Laravel systems — not because they're the only stack worth working with, but because they power a significant portion of the world's production software and are systematically underserved when it comes to modernization expertise.
A company built to scale with the work
Code Evolve is led by Ricardo, but it isn't limited to one person. As a project's scope requires, the company scales with vetted senior engineers — so a modernization effort never hinges on a single person's calendar. Clients get direct access to senior expertise from day one, with the capacity to grow the team around the work when the scope demands it.
Based in Antalya. Working globally.
Ricardo is originally from Argentina and currently based in Antalya, Turkey, operating within the Antalya Teknokent technology development zone. Code Evolve works remotely with engineering teams across the US and EU.