Summary
Gustavo Costa is a seasoned engineering leader with nearly 20 years of web and mobile development experience and a decade in formal leadership roles, currently serving as Director of Engineering for Customer Order at Nike. He progressed through technical and managerial roles at Nike—from Engineering Manager to Director—bringing hands-on product delivery experience across e-commerce, B2B, and institutional web projects. Known as a pragmatic problem-solver and people-first manager, he blends technical depth with team coaching to cultivate productive, positive engineering environments. His background includes long-standing freelance work and senior frontend roles, giving him fluency across full-stack and frontend architectures. Trained in Management Essentials at Harvard Business School Online, he pairs real-world engineering craft with modern management practices to scale teams and systems effectively. An adaptable creative thinker, he frequently devises unconventional solutions to complex delivery challenges.
10 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Management Essentials - 8 Weeks Course, Management Essentials - 8 Weeks Course at Harvard Business School Online
English, Portuguese