Summary
Gabriel Mello is a Software Engineering Manager based in São Paulo with 12 years of experience building scalable data-driven backends and AI features for SaaS and reverse-logistics platforms. He blends hands-on engineering (Python, Go, GCP/AWS, Elasticsearch, BigQuery) with product-minded architecture and design thinking to ship customer-focused solutions—most notably an LLM-based legalese translator adopted by 500 clients and a TOTP microservice scaling to over 1M daily jobs. As a people-oriented leader he runs squads end-to-end, from hiring and OKRs to 1:1 coaching and cross-functional Design Sprints, prioritizing empathy, rapid iteration, and learning from failures. He has repeatedly turned operational constraints into measurable wins—e.g., a routing and clustering feature that boosted a client’s collection efficiency by 40%. Comfortable both in the trenches coding and in strategic alignment with CTOs and product teams, he favors pragmatic, low-cost experiments that prove value quickly. Continuous learning and knowledge sharing are central to his approach, and he remains eager to code whenever possible.
12 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Informational Systems Information Technology, Informational Systems Information Technology at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Exchange (Sandwich Degree) Creative Computing, Exchange (Sandwich Degree) Creative Computing at Goldsmiths, University of London
Portuguese, English