Summary
Felipe Gomes is an engineering manager with 17 years of experience building performant, user-focused applications and leading teams across web, desktop, and communications platforms. He holds a BSc in Computer Engineering and an MS in Human-Computer Interaction from the University of São Paulo, blending strong technical depth (C/C++, Node.js, modern JavaScript) with a research-rooted emphasis on usability, accessibility, and UX. Felipe spent a decade at Mozilla contributing to Firefox’s multi-process architecture, hotfix delivery at scale, and addon SDK improvements, and later drove product engineering at Highfive and Dialpad. He combines hands-on profiling and performance optimization with product-minded leadership, having shipped A/B-tested rollouts and enterprise management features used by millions. An active open-source contributor, he has fixed critical SDK bugs and implemented APIs that improved add-on content interaction and testing infrastructure. Based in São Paulo, he’s known for mentoring engineers and translating HCI insights into practical, accessible software.
17 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
University of São Paulo
Portuguese, English