Henrique Mendonça is a Computational Scientist and HPC/ML specialist based in Lugano with over a decade of experience building systems from real-time embedded devices to high-performance distributed applications and computer vision pipelines. He blends low-latency software engineering—developed at firms like Optiver—with applied ML and medical imaging work, delivering production-ready models and scalable infrastructure at CSCS. A pragmatic team player known for strong attention to the bottom line, he has also contributed to high-profile open-source projects such as Apache Thrift, improving C++ and Node.js networking and SSL support. Henrique’s background spans R&D consulting, volunteer AI-for-good leadership, and academic training from Universidade de São Paulo and the University of Zurich, giving him both practical breadth and research-aware rigor.
13 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Information Technology, Master's degree, Information Technology at University of Zurich
Contributions:84 commits, 1 PR, 19 comments in 2 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Henrique contributed to the Apache Thrift project, primarily focused on C++ and Node.js. Their commits include bug fixes, such as resolving exit errors in the TNonblockingServer and fixing buffer corruption issues in the node.js TBufferedTransport. The user also implemented improvements, such as adding leading colons to C++ names and extending QUnit test cases. Contributions also cover adding support for SSL and web sockets to Node.js and enabling multiplexing service in nodejs.
Contributions:76 commits, 9 PRs, 86 pushes in 2 years
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