Summary
Gabriel Massote is a seasoned software engineering leader and former CTO with a Master's in Computer Engineering and over a decade of experience building scalable systems across e-commerce, payments, and identity verification. He scaled idwall’s technology organization from ~10 to ~180 engineers and led the delivery of its first AI-powered identity verification suite, playing a strategic role in fundraising and ISO 27001 readiness. Gabriel combines hands-on architecture and platform expertise with product-minded technical leadership, recently driving an Identity Platform and a Fraud Prevention Marketplace in Brazil while instituting a metrics-driven engineering cockpit based on DORA principles. His background spans startup life as a two-time co-founder (ClapMe, Cyou) and senior engineering roles at Walmart and PagSeguro, giving him deep operational and migration experience across Ruby on Rails, Java, cloud, and DevOps tooling. Based in São Paulo, he blends entrepreneurial curiosity with enterprise discipline, often translating research-level AI capabilities into production-grade services. An uncommon strength is his track record of aligning technical scaling with business milestones—fundraising, certifications, and marketplace partnerships—rather than technology for its own sake.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Computer Engineering, Master's degree Computer Engineering at UFSCar - Alumni
Bachelor of Science (BSc) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BSc) Computer Science at PUC Minas
English