Gabriel Gambetta is a versatile software engineer and technical leader with over a decade of experience building low-latency, high-availability systems at Google and pioneering massively distributed simulation technology at Improbable. He combines deep backend and infrastructure expertise—running Google-scale services and SRE for petabyte systems—with hands-on experience writing cross-platform game engines and real-time simulation runtimes. Gabriel has led engineering teams, hired globally, run marketing and developer outreach, and even taught computer graphics, culminating in a published book based on his lectures. Comfortable shifting between IC and management roles, he’s shipped features loved by creators on YouTube and architected secure, high-throughput production backends. Fluent across C++, Java, C# and systems-level tooling, he brings an unusual mix of academic rigor, product sensibility, and creative backgrounds in filmmaking and acting. Based in Zurich, he thrives on tackling novel technical challenges at scale.
12 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at Colegio del Sagrado Corazón (ex Seminario)
Postgraduate Certificate, Global Finance and Banking, Postgraduate Certificate, Global Finance and Banking at King's College London
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Universidad Católica del Uruguay 'Dámaso Antonio Larranaga'
Contributions:4 reviews, 21 commits, 13 PRs in 5 years 1 month
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Gabriel Gambetta - Member Of Technical Staff at Project Prometheus