Summary
André Gonçalves is a product-focused engineering leader with 12 years of experience building and scaling web and mobile platforms for cultural organizations and beyond. Currently Director of Engineering, Innovation & Growth at xgeeks, he blends hands-on engineering with strategic product lifecycle management to deliver open-source driven websites, archives, and e-commerce solutions that make heritage accessible worldwide. His background as a founding lead at INTK and earlier R&D roles at INESC gives him deep experience in customer-facing delivery, platform engineering, and turning institutional goals into measurable online outcomes. Based in Porto and educated at Universidade de Coimbra, he pairs technical breadth with a knack for aligning creative studio workflows to robust, sustainable software practices. An understated strength is his ability to translate curatorial and cultural requirements into scalable technical roadmaps that preserve provenance and accessibility.
12 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Informatics Engineering, Master's degree Informatics Engineering at Universidade de Coimbra
Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, English