Summary
Victor Goncalves is a software engineer with nine years of experience building web and product-focused systems, currently based in San Francisco and working at Notion. He has a strong startup pedigree as a founding engineer at two YC-linked companies and internships at Meta and Goldman Sachs, pairing product velocity with rigorous engineering practices. A Harvard-trained developer now pursuing graduate work, Victor has hands-on experience in healthcare tech—having researched artificial pancreas systems at Harvard SEAS and designed clinical UX at Massachusetts General Hospital. He blends full-stack .NET/ASP.NET development with data-driven modeling (MATLAB) and real-time systems for medical devices, informed by his personal perspective as a type-1 diabetic. Known for moving quickly from prototypes to production, he also teaches and mentors, having served as a CS50 course assistant and coding instructor. Beyond code, he publishes work on victorgoncalves.com, signaling a habit of documenting technical learnings and product experiments.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Arts - BA Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts - BA Computer Science at Harvard University
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Dartmouth High School
English, Portuguese