Gustavo De Figueiredo
Chief Technology Officer at Mercado Bitcoin
São Paulo, Brazil
Summary
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Top SchoolGustavo De Figueiredo is a seasoned technology executive and hands-on engineer with 11 years in leadership roles and a track record of shaping IT strategy across fintech, education, manufacturing and retail. As CTO of Mercado Bitcoin and former CIO of a crypto trading startup, he has architected high-throughput trading systems, liquidity engines and OMS infrastructure processing tens of thousands of orders and billions in annual volume. He led large-scale digital transformations—building a data lake, deploying SD‑WAN/Starlink for rural schools, and rolling out an LMS that became one of the world’s largest Moodle deployments—while driving Agile adoption across 13 squads. Known for blending technical depth in Java, Spring Boot, Node.js and microservices with business-focused delivery, he consistently turns complex requirements into measurable operational gains. Gustavo differentiates himself by prioritizing human-centered innovation: implementing AI assistants for essay grading and content verification and integrating pedagogy with infrastructure. Based in São Paulo, he pairs global multinational experience with startup velocity to deliver resilient, scalable systems that meet both strategic and social impact goals.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Post Graduation Business Administration and Management, Post Graduation Business Administration and Management at Fundação Dom CabralBachelor Systems Analysis, Bachelor Systems Analysis at Pontifícia Universidade Católica de CampinasITIL V3 Foundations, ITIL V3 Foundations at LAN UniversityStanford Ignite Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Stanford Ignite Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessMaster MBA in Project Management, Master MBA in Project Management at FGV - Fundação Getulio VargasSpecialist Supply Chain Management, Specialist Supply Chain Management at SENAC
Portuguese, English, Spanish
Github Skills (5)
java7
auditing6
python4
audit1
patch1
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
gustavodsf/gitaction2
Apr 2022 - Sep 2024
Used to for me to train gitactions
Contributions:15 PRs, 50 pushes, 6 branches in 2 years 5 months
pythontraingitactions
gustavodsf/usj-tec-prog
Sep 2021 - Nov 2021
Manage information of my farm
Contributions:20 commits, 1 PR, 5 pushes in 2 months
pythonfarm
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