Summary
Henrique Gonçalves is a seasoned Head of Security with 11+ years building secure, scalable systems across fintech, gaming, and cloud consulting environments. He blends hands‑on engineering in Python, Go and Clojure with platform expertise in AWS/GCP/Azure, Kubernetes, Terraform and observability stacks to deliver mission‑critical defenses and automation. Henrique has led 30+ person cross‑functional teams, driven SOX and PCI‑DSS compliance efforts, and architected a zero‑knowledge, multi‑cloud model that helped a startup close a $15M Series A. He’s known for shipping custom security tooling (including GitHub policy enforcement and niche-language SSDLC support) and building resilience features like ClickHouse DDoS protections and WAL-based audit trails. Based in Brazil, he pairs high managerial ratings and team eSat scores with a practical focus on reducing deployment time and preventing data exfiltration at scale.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Technologist, Computer Systems Analysis/Analyst, Technologist, Computer Systems Analysis/Analyst at Faculdade de Tecnologia de São Paulo
Escolas Técnicas Estaduais
Portuguese, English, Spanish