Summary
Guillaume Falourd is a software and platform engineering manager with 9 years of experience building cloud-native platforms and developer tooling, currently based in Minas Gerais, Brazil. He has led multidisciplinary teams (Runtime, Foundation, FinOps) and driven platform strategy focused on automation, security, compliance and developer self-service to reduce operational overhead. Comfortable both managing and coding, he’s shipped tooling in Python, Go and GitHub Actions and contributed to open-source developer experiences like Ritchie CLI. His background in mechatronics and early career roles in architecture and teaching give him a practical systems mindset and strong communication skills across technical and non-technical stakeholders. Known for mentoring high-performing teams, he emphasizes measurable efficiency gains and financial accountability in cloud operations. Fluent in Portuguese, French and technical English, he blends cross-cultural leadership with hands-on engineering.
9 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Engineer's Degree in Mechatronic, Engineer's Degree in Mechatronic at UFU (Universidade Federal de Uberlândia)
Engineer's Degree in Mechanical - Option Materials & Surfaces, Engineer's Degree in Mechanical - Option Materials & Surfaces at ENSMM - National Graduate Institute of Mechanical Engineering and Micro technology
French, English, Portuguese