Gustavo Villalta is a Staff Software Engineer based in São Paulo with 13 years of experience building and leading engineering teams across fintech and consumer startups. He has evolved from hands-on engineering roles at Nubank, iFood and early-stage ventures to head of engineering and now staff-level technical leadership at will bank, combining product-driven execution with team-building skills. Gustavo’s background includes founding-team experience and technical leadership at scale, indicating comfort with ambiguity and rapid iteration during growth phases. He holds a Computer Engineering degree and an MBA, a combination that helps him align technical decisions with business outcomes. Notably, his career shows repeated transitions between startup and larger-company contexts, suggesting strength in both rapid prototyping and delivering production-grade systems.
13 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Fédération Internationale de l'Art Photographique
Bachelor in Computer Engineering, Bachelor in Computer Engineering at Universidade Federal de Itajubá
Contributions:2 PRs, 4 pushes, 2 branches in 7 years 5 months
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Gustavo Villalta - Staff Software Engineer at will bank